What’s big, very fast (when it hits a gale), and has a breathtaking view from the Crow’s Nest?
\nIf you say a Cog, you are not incorrect. And now I own one. And I’m probably the only one on the server to use it as a travel boat.<\/p>\n
I got it late last night, around 4:20am. Been busy building the last of of the security walls, and fixing the secondary path. While all along talking to my contact; Wulffgrymm.
\nOnce he had 50 pegs to attach, I bought the 10s needed for the Cog and got my alt on, telling him to meet me at his rowboat.<\/p>\n
I went as fast as the rowboat could go to Bay View, as time ticked on. As I approached Samling, fog started to develop and increase. Soon I could barely see. But did that stop me? HA! Not when there’s a Cog at stake. I used my explorer instincts (aka landmarks) to drive into Samling and follow the channel down.<\/p>\n
Halfway from Bay View, the fog finally lifted enough for me to see where I’m going, and I got to Bay View. Just in-time too. He finished the boat off.
\nI got off while telling my alt to take control of the rowboat, and followed Wulff around the dock. And then I saw it. It was named the Ocean Raider. So I paid him the 10s for it, broke a bottle on it to cistern it, and got in.<\/p>\n
And that’s when I remembered why I hated Cogs. They are notoriously bad at dealing with winds not in their favor, and it proved it by going a mind-numming 0.55 km\/h when I ‘put my foot on the gas’. Hell. If Wurm had snails, it would probably move faster than me.
\nI eventually got out and dragged it away from its birthing pier and pointing it towards Samling. Finally getting back on, it went 8 km\/h. Much better.<\/p>\n
I then instructed my alt to take the rowboat to the Academy to have it donated. But he couldn’t find it. He then docked it at ‘Hilfe Shipworks’. Though he forgot to grab the key to the boat lock, and to put the mooring anchor in the boat (or at least moor it first) before turning control over to Elwood (the contact for donating Small rowing boats). Due to this, he dropped the anchor under the boat, hoping someone doesn’t see it.<\/p>\n
Then he hopped in my Cog and got the best view of his controlled life, and with me controlling we headed home. But it wasn’t done yet. I got a new toy. So why not take her out for a spin?
\nDue to angry giving me a Guard Tower I can plant and build by myself, and needing to give back a carving knife I borrowed from him, I told my alt to grab the knife when we made it home (and the key for the rowboat), and then I turned around and hit a 22 km\/h gust of wind. Yeee haaa.<\/p>\n
As we were going along the north coast, I got a PM from Tokeiito (a regular in kchat), telling to tune into kchat, that Elwood is on. So I did and saw him. Told him that I donated a rowboat, and then told my alt that I was going to make a pitstop at Samling, then he would follow the coast ’till he gets to where he dropped off the rowboat, and stay there until Elwood deals with it.
\nWaited five minutes and Elwood finally showed up. He gave him the key and the mooring anchor for it, and then left without getting a thank you.<\/p>\n
Well. Screw it. Getting rid of that thing was the priority. They can do whatever they want with it now. But I have to admit, it was .. kinda hard leaving it. That rowboat has alot of sentiment value. If rowboats were a bit faster, I would had kept it. But I bought this Cog mainly for my alt, so he would have an awesome view, and come with me on my trips instead of being cooped up back at home making Stew.
\nThat rowboat is what brought that guy to the Freedom server. And who is now helping me with food issues.<\/p>\n
I can always build another rowboat if my alt misses it. They aren’t that hard to build.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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