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Idea: Buildable, drivable ships

How could it work?
Adding "floating base" blocks to minecraft which will snap to water level when placed. It could be only placed on water and there should be a max size. Regular blocks could be placed on top of the "floating base" blocks. After the ship is created you could use the "wheel" to steer and move your ship. When the wheel is being used, the ship can move, but no blocks are placeable on top of it. As soon as you let go of the wheel, the ship stops, snaps to grid and block become placeable on top of it again.

Why would it be good?
Lets be honest, boats are good for early game but somewhat limiting. There are many uses for buildable ship. You could carry your bed and chests on your adventures and have a moving base! Roleplaying pirates would become a 100% more fun!

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    Great idea

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    100% this! Ocean travel in the mid-late game almost isn’t worth doing, because you can’t take sufficient supplies to safely go on long voyages, and have space to bring back items you find! Plus, once you have an elytra, boats become essentially useless due to their lack of additional inventory space. Buildable ships would help with this issue. Also, it would open up roleplaying possibilities (pirates, Vikings, merchant sailors, etc.), which would benefit not only the average player, but also streamers/ YouTubers.