
Longer Boats!
A mod that creates 4-seat versions of boats, where each seat can contain either a chest or an entity!
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About this Mod
This mod adds longer versions of every Vanilla Minecraft boat - including a longer Bamboo Raft. They can be used to carry around multiple entities at once, they can hold up to 4 chests, and they even come with two sets of paddles - so you and a friend (if you have one) can work together to make your boat go faster! Provided you have enough seats left for both of you to sit on after all the chests you attached.
To attach chests to a long boat, no chest boat crafting is needed - just right-click the part of the boat you want the chest on and it'll attach. Happy boating!
For people looking to create or use ice boat racing tracks using these boats, I have a bit of news for you. You know how boats have some strange lag attached to them that makes competitive racing hard? I fixed some of that! By refactoring the boat code for these longer boats so that all the networking stuff functions just like riding horses, I think I've removed that notorious half-second delay, and the packet rate problems have likely also been diminished. This does have the side effect of the physics not being exactly like vanilla boats, and I may tweak that in the future. I am very interested in trying to fix the many problems with boats, and I hope that this mod will serve as a first step to cleaning up some of the oldest code in Minecraft.
Available Versions
How to Install Longer Boats! on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set fabric Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the fabric loader and matching Minecraft version (1.20.2).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Longer Boats!". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.20.2
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Longer Boats! server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong fabric version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.20.2). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Longer Boats! compatible with fabric?
Longer Boats! officially supports fabric for Minecraft 1.20.2. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Longer Boats! – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Longer Boats! consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.
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