Swords and boats

[opensesam3]

Is it possible for someone wielding a sword to attack another whilst both are in boats, or not?

I ask because I was out foraging recently and some guy with swords started following me and trying to pull his boat up next to mine and block my path - I didn't feel like stopping to find out first-hand if he could kill me, but kept boating until he finally got bored and left.

I haven't done any PVP, so I'm unsure the details of what's possible - just curious

[Jackwolf]

Personally I don't know the actual answer, but I don't believe so. The radius of the boat is large enough to where, even when docked, you cannot bring one right beside the other. Given that you can't melee someone / something through a fence which is even thinner, I don't suspect that you can engage in ship to ship combat.

[Potjeh]

You can't attack with sword, but you can destroy boats from boats, which may result in drowning.

[sabinati]

you can also swim from boat to boat, and do combat if both are in the same boat