Game Mechanic: Building A Sailboat

Sailboat Construction

Constructing a sailboat requires a great deal of materials, and many steps. But it all starts with simple rollers. Craft five rollers and select them in your hotbar: an in-world schematic will appear. You can change the direction the schematic faces using the toolmodeselect key. Place the rollers on a flat area (making sure the blue highlighted schematic strip is in water).

Afterward, if you have block interaction help turned on (toggle with blockinteractionhelp), looking at the in-process boat will show you the next required ingredients. You will need logs and boards of the same species of tree. Beyond that you will need more firewood, two plumb-and-squares, and rope. Once you have completed and launched the boat, you can also add ratlines to allow you to climb to the top of the mast. See the sailboat handbook entry for more information on how to equip your new sailboat.
You can deconstruct the sailboat to get a portion of the materials back, by rightmouse it with a saw. You will have to hold the mouse button down for some time, before this will be completed.