Barge

[danvath]

Would be larger then a row boat and have four spots for things, but no animals. It would move a tad bit faster then a raft, but still slower then a rowboat.

Needed materials:
100 boards
200 blocks
10 bronze/steel/wrought

This way people could build in spots that do not have as much in the terms of nodes, but could travel farther to find a good node and bring back enough that they can use for awhile.

[Vihart]

If you use a rowboat you can fill the two spaces with chests then fill the chests and your inventory with all the stones/clay etc that you would want.

As for a barge, the thing that comes to mind is something that is way too large to be lifted and placed on land, so you would run the risk of people stealing it because it will always be in water.

Also the introduction of the barge would negate the the usefulness of the raft.

Edit- Also ideas that are not developed end up getting shot down.

[MagicManICT]

You do realize that a barge is nothing more than a fancy raft, right? They're no faster. They're just designed to hold a lot of cargo with a shallow draft. Usually, they had to be towed along the river by an animal if they didn't have sails, and even if they did, often times they still needed to be towed because the wind wasn't favorable that day.

[ApocalypsePlease]

Boats are one of the most frequently suggested ideas, behind bridges and private servers. That being said here is an excerpt from the Suggestion Guidelines:

Familiarise yourself with any previous discussion
Do a quick search to see if there are existing threads with similar ideas, and make certain your idea hasn't been shot down before with good reason. You can borrow from past suggestions to improve your own thread or bump them if they haven't played out yet.

What differs your ideas from the other boat suggestions? To me, there seems to be very little difference.

[danvath]

A barge would be basically a wagon for land, and it would not negate a raft. A raft can move animals, but a barge can not. A barge would just be able to hold the same amount of chests as a wheel barrel.
A horse could pull a barge by tredging through the water, or they could have the animation be one of the player pumping a handle which then causes torque to move a metal blade that is in the water to cause it to me.

[sabinati]

seriously?