Boats and Pirating

Boats

On UO:AI, boat security has been adjusted to balance risk vs reward.

You must have a boat's key on your person to command it.
Your ghost may command the boat provided your corpse is on the boat and has the boat key within it's contents.
Bones decay times has been increased for bones on a boat which contain a boat key.
You can now dry dock a boat that has ghosts onboard (they get kicked to shore.)
You may not dry dock a boat with clutter on deck (including bones)
You can no longer recall off a boat key. However, single clicking it will display where the ship is located.

The Pirate Smuggler NPC sells grappling hooks. A grappling hook is a rope with a big hook on it used to board a boat.

You must be on a boat to use a grappling hook.
You may only successfully grapple a boat that is not moving.
Any living players on the boat you grapple will “toss the hook back into the ocean” whereby resulting in a failed grapple.
If you successfully grapple a boat, you will receive a one-time teleport onto the deck of the target boat.