Rowboats: They are official. Now, let's see how they will be like in game?

Why would the sloop need a rowboat? You can pretty much always just pull right up to the island
Galleons however sit much deeper in the water so they can't go in too close without running aground, plus they're much longer and wider making parking in specific places harder and are a bit more difficult to maneuver and stop without a crew who knows what they're doing

i have seen people say that the rowboat could be stored in a chest sized container, and then built in the water. this would remove the need for dedicated storage space on the existing ships, and allow you to pick it up like normal loot. maybe it would need wood put into the crate to build it.

With regards ships. I would expect it only will make sense to have a row boat with a Galleon, or possibly the new two mast ship. Why would you use it with a Sloop, you can almost moor on the beach anyway.

Um...as for repairing a row boat....one Canon shot aloud blow it to smithereens if you ask me.

@cheatingpirate This is a great feeling. I made a post about rowbotas months ago and seing that rare listens to player feedback just feels good!

@katttruewalker

You mean repairing from hitting bottom? You wouldn't be going fast enough to put a hole. ..plus seriously a real row boat would be destroyed if hit by a Canon ball...also what happens if your rowboat sinks does it spawn back on boat?

Would be cool if the rowboat was controlled by using the joysticks (left stick for left oar, right stick for right oar) and you had to rotate them like you were actually rowing...but PC cross play kind of tosses that idea out the window

I think rowboats should be both an asset and a liability. Obviously the rowboat could be used to move into venture into rocky areas and into shallow waters from a much larger boat. But if you aren't perceptive/careful a rowboat should be able to pull up to docked ship and board it. Similarly, imagine swimming and sneaking aboard a galleon, stealing some loot and leaving on the galleon's rowboat before they even know what happens.

Would be neat if the rowboats would need to be purchased at an outpost and equipped to the ship. Once they sink or get left behind you'd have to purchase a new one. Maybe you could find random ones spawned off beaches.

Also, maybe only have rowboats available for galleons due to their size. I do like the idea of stealing a ships rowboat but only allow galleons to hoist up a rowboat.

@cheatingpirate I've been jonesin' a rowboat for a while. Raise sails off shore far enough to be safe and load up the dingy with skulls/chests rather than all the swimming constantly! Supply box might be nice aboard but I'll take an empty boat...

@biter-wylie

I could see reasons why, being chased with loot? Split it up between raft and boat, they can’t chase both, alternatively just use it as a decoy.

Problem I would have with sloop having a dingy is size and carrying capacity, dingy would slow a sloop down too much dragging behind and would likely capsize a vessel if it were attached,

@warlordwoody22 but if a tugboat can tow a ship many times bigger than itself, then how would the dinghy cause the sloop to capsize simply by being towed?

Maybe a good way to keep your loot after sinking.

@allamerican-440

Well the easiest answer is a tug boat pulls a load behind it, it does not carry it. A sail boat, in this case a sloop is a wind driven vessel, not a twin turbo Diesel engine.

Having a vessel nearly as large as the sloop itself attached would cause it to capsize.

It could tow behind but without those Diesel engines it would be incredibly slow

@allamerican-440

Also take into consideration tug boats themselves are slow, they’re built for horesepower and torque, towing capacity not speed.

So now imagine your slower than a tugboat being chased down by every other ship for the sake of having a dingy. If it were me I’d literally cut the dead weight and escape