Originally posted by Jivan69:

just beach you ship then make a crafting table in order to dissemble your ship that way you are guaranteed to get all your resources back, then remake it when you need to as it avoids random damage or even the occasional loss of resources when you can't get them when they fall to deep in water

Since when are we allowed to use the deconstruct command on ships? We've always had to stand at the mast and attack with an axe to break the ship down and get all the materials back.