Longer Boats!
by Foxelfire
Longer Boats! lets a boat hold four seats and carry up to four chests, so a group of players can ride together on one vessel.
What it does
The mod creates four-seat versions of the vanilla boats and of the Bamboo Raft. Each seat can hold a player, and chests can be attached to the boat, with room for up to four of them. Two sets of paddles are included, so two players can row together and move the boat faster than a single rower.
The changes are aimed at ice boat racing and other boat-based competitions, where the stock boat code causes lag that makes close racing hard. The mod refactors the boat code and the networking functions that handle riding, which the author compares to riding horses. Packet delay that was a known problem is reported as reduced, and the physics are kept close to the vanilla boats.
Installation needs Fabric API. The mod is published for Fabric only, for 1.20.2 and 1.21.1, and it is open source under the MIT License. The server and every player need the mod installed.
Key features
Four-seat boats
Vanilla boats and the Bamboo Raft gain versions with four seats, so more players can ride one boat.
Attachable chests
Each boat can hold up to four chests, so it can carry items and passengers in the same trip.
Two sets of paddles
Two rowers can work together on one boat, making it go faster than a single player paddling alone.
Racing-focused networking
The networking code for riding was refactored, with the author reporting less packet delay for competitive racing.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Group travel
Friends can sit together on one boat and bring chests of supplies across a lake or river.
Ice boat racing
Players who build racing tracks can use the mod to stage races with boats that lag less during close competition.
Who it’s for: Players who travel with a group, and players building ice boat racing tracks on Fabric servers and single-player worlds.
How it compares
Boatism is published for 1.20.4 – 1.21.1 under the MIT License and is open source, and it runs on client and server. Faster Boats is open source under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only, is published for Fabric and Quilt on 1.20.6, and also runs on client and server. Longer Boats! targets Fabric on 1.20.2 and 1.21.1 only, so it reaches fewer loaders and versions than either of them.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longer Boats! | Fabric | 1.20.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-28 |
| Boatism | Fabric | 1.20.4 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-04-22 |
| Faster Boats | Fabric and Quilt | 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2024-06-09 |
Questions
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In the catalog
Longer Boats! is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,390 Transportation mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
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!…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/longer-boats
- Owner
- Foxelfire
- Published
- 2025-05-24
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-28
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15