the boats that P1999 uses for butcherblock to freeport and qeynos to erudin aren't classic. they are simply what the coders could get to work properly. In original everquest you could not zone into or out of Ocean of Tears or Erud's Crossing by means of swimming - the boats were required.
Anyway, the boats that the server does use do not have the function of scooping a swimming player up into its lower deck like a classic boat. It sucks. It's how it is. If you're curious as to what the classic boats looked like, there's one parked on the beach in Butcherblock past the docks, or at least there used to be one there.
Moral of the story - get a teleport from a druid or wiz, or get an Invis spell from a player, yourself, or a cloudy potion. Another option is to reach a high point in a zone with a boat dock and Levitate over and down onto the boat once it docks. A Magician's summoned Ring of Flight can assist with this.
Edit - fun fact. Previous to Velious there were two ships running to and from Erudin and Qeynos, and Butcherblock and Freeport so that the time spent waiting was 15 minutes or less. We only get one here, but at least it works.
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