Sailable Water Parcels & Regions

[Skyspinner Soulstar]

On 12/19/2019 at 12:55 AM, Red52 said:

Hello- questions about parcels with Sailable Water & Regions: 1) Is Sailable Water only available on Mainland or Private Islands?; 2) Why is Sailable Water not allowed on Estate parcels?; 3) How many different Regions are there in SL?; 4) Is there a list somewhere that shows all of the names of the Regions?  Thank you!

Sailing is the most fun! If you look on the World Map, you can tell the difference between the "void" ocean (I call it the edge of the world) where you cannot sail, and the lakes and rivers, where you can sail (if owner allows or it is on Mainland "Protected Water" rivers or seas). If buying, be sure to check this out - you want to front your parcel on Protected Waters.

To test areas, you can usually find a REZ AREA to get out your own boat and be sure the path is clear (watch for Ban lines and private land that looks like it is open, protected water.

[Lindal Kidd]

On 1/23/2020 at 11:31 AM, Red52 said:

Thanks for info, Dean, but not looking to sail them.  Was asking because looking for possible parcels to rent that aren't listed in Search features.

Red, here's how I find land that's next to sailable areas...

1. Use Search.  Choose Land and Rentals.  Select View All Land And Rentals. Set parameters to "for rent".
2. Type "waterfront" in the keywords box at the top of the Search window.
3. Note the results.  For parcels that look interesting, view them on the World Map.
4. See if the parcel is adjacent to areas of navigable water, not just the flat blue texture of Void.
5. If the waterways look constricted on the map, visit the land, and physically check the proposed sailing route(s).
   1. Make sure the waterway is LL-owned land (if on Mainland)
   2. Travel the proposed route(s) by boat, plane, or simply flying, checking for security orb warnings or ban lines.
   3. If it's an estate, check the Covenant to make sure waterways are to be kept clear

I hear that the Fruit Islands are now only letting their tenants sail there.

The FairChang estate has sailable regions, and is located adjacent to the Blake Sea.  That may be worth a look.  Also the Cape Cod regions, in the same general area.

[Red52]

Thank you so much for all the details, Lindal!   Super helpful :-) 

[Rabid Cheetah]

There's lots of sailable land around Belleseria, plus rez zones.  Most of my journeys begin there.  Linden ensures that nothing blocks the waterways there, and has strick guidlines for orbs -- not perfect, but at least you won't get tp'd home after 1 second.

[Ulrika Tomsen]

On 1/15/2020 at 8:31 PM, Pussycat Catnap said:

This actually looks like a spot where the owner should petition LL to convert the spot to protected land.

It's been years, but I believe I've seen that done before.

Hi,

 

is protected land/waterparcels sailable? What about abandoned land?
i have bought a beachprcel, happy to find out that i can use the sailing boat that was there.

but after a short while the whole area around me was coverd with builds an bannlines.

then i saw - YAY, the parcel nearly in front of mine is empty... i got out my sirfboard. But i made just made a few meters, the i was stuck on a borderline.

And i found out, that the parcel is abandoned land now and noone can enter/cross it to reach free water.

It is more then annoying, it really rages me.

I look for another place now, ... Moutain view or so.

[ChinRey]

7 hours ago, Ulrika Tomsen said:

is protected land/waterparcels sailable? What about abandoned land?
...

then i saw - YAY, the parcel nearly in front of mine is empty... i got out my sirfboard. But i made just made a few meters, the i was stuck on a borderline.

With a few obvious exceptions, Linden Lab doesn't want to keep people out of any land they own, whether it's abandoned or protected. But when a parcel is abandoned, they have to reset the land settings manually. Maybe they haven't had time to look at this plot yet, maybe they overlooked the ban lines when they did.

In either case, if you file a support case and ask politely, I'm sure they'll fix it. I've done that myself once or twice and they were really nice about it and even apologized.