So, I've become enthralled with Minecraft again as of the latest update, and a friend of mine showed me this server:
www.vindicraft.comUnfortunately since my joining, it gained enough popularity to get DDOS'd and a whitelist is now in place. If you want (and if I'm still opped) I can add you to the whitelist, otherwise it takes signing up for the forums.
Vindicraft is a 200 slot server that uses the Heroes plugin in conjunction with the Factions plugin, making for an interesting combination of user-controlled anti-griefing with RPG/leveling elements. You can create a faction or guild, then start claiming territory, declaring war on others and making allies. You can even claim enemy territory if you kill them enough, and the phenomenon known as griefing is more or less encouraged, since your ability to stop it is entirely dependent on
you. Of course, Factions makes it easier, since enemy factions cannot build or modify blocks on your territory, but that doesn't stop people from using a variety of methods of getting in.
Note: If this comes off as too advertisish then I'll edit the post out, just wanted to share a server I've been having a good time on.
On topic: Boats? Not sure if want, really. It would seem to be more annoying that anything, but we don't know the specifics of guns and how maneuverable they are, or how much damage they take, or even what CAN damage them.