Originally posted by Obamanation:

I was more looking for an option to make your map smaller like in terraria

Create another realm and use that for a 'way station'. I have limited time to game and while I do enjoy sailing, I don't want to spend 75% of my valuable game time doing it. So let's say I loot a swamp crypt for iron and other goodies. I leave them goodies in a trunk on my secondary world, portal back to my main base and then revisit my second world to retrieve. Cheezing ? Don't care. I'm just using the mechanics available.

As for the large world size - I love it. When I have time I do enjoy going on long trips to map the world. But it's my choice when I do or don't.