"Camelot Vault: It was also revealed that players would be able to pilot boats. What scale will this be on? Will it just be one-man rowboats, or will sailing become a part of Dark Age of Camelot? Will players be able to own or even craft boats? Or will they just be something temporary like horses currently are or like siege engines?
Matt Firor: Sailing will become a part of Camelot. You'll be able to fit at least three or so groups in a boat, and one person will be able to sail it around the oceans of Atlantis"
Jus' call me Cap'n LB!! ARRR!!!
"Who put the freaking mountain in the middle of my ocean?!"
"Island, sir. At sea, they're called islands."
So far, no word of a drowning mechanic. So if you walk the plank, you either swim for land or hope to be eaten by a Kracken.