Originally posted by morrokain10587:

Hmm. Well it definitely moved the most when I was actually in it so that rings true for the most part. They were really big waves so I might have thought it initially moved simply because it was at a different point in the wave when I came back to it. But yeah it was the most noticeable while I was managing my inventory space inside the ship. I zoomed back out and thought "Whoa I'm pretty far away from the dock platform now! I'm glad I am in the boat so I can sail back!"

I'm used to this game throwing the unexpected at me so I guess I made an assumption that might not be true lol. I'm glad to know that it shouldn't happen so I won't need to be as detailed about docking in the future.

I'll try and remember to keep track of whether it moves when I'm not in it (and no enemies or it hitting something etc). It was the first such experience I had as all of the other times I jumped off it was where I left it - even when there were big storms while I was at my base.

I remember thinking that maybe it was a black forest dock sort of thing as all of my other docks are in meadows biomes.

I also built this dock farther out in the water than my other ones because of the potential for troll attacks.

Yeah, the boats definitely stop moving as soon as you're off them, so it's safe to leave them wherever, undocked, and they won't float away. The only thing you're in danger of at that point is losing them to high waves with rocks in shallow water and mobs. The moment you're on them though, wind and water will make them move again. :)