Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Originally posted by Lucidess:

Store boats in a Chest, and label the chest "Boat Chest".
Your welcome.

However you still have to be careful. Mobs will attack the chest and break it. Then the items on the ground are subject to despawn if there is no nearby workbench.

My advice is to bury a workbench near the chest. That way you will not lose the workbench or the items if mobs break the chest.

If the boat is sufficiently far from shore, it will be safe. I don't like the idea of storing a boat in the chest (can a boat really fit in a chest?) I like the challenge of finding a way to dock a boat and make it safe.

Here is another way I keep a boat safe...

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2570941276