Board Thread:Guides/@comment-24046900-20131126030018/@comment-24108228-20131204154924

Personally, I think a raft and a large raft works better. Same shipbuilding level, same cost, but it means that you can stop noobs from taking your raft. Instead, they will go for the large raft that you placed next to it, as it is bigger, but actually, you want to keep the faster boat, which is the raft.

And large rafts can be used for epic constructions, like the village on a raft.