Boats travel fast on land.

relates to MC-96194?

Confirmed for

• 16w04a It looks like they travel with the same speed they travel in water

Can confirm.

Confirmed in 16w04a.

This ticket is a Works As Intended (WAI) See the Minecraft Wiki: http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/16w04a

Not intended: https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/433u48/snapshot_16w04a/czfs9yg?context=3

This has been fixed in 16w05a, I guess. Still faster than sneaking, though.

Boats are slower on land now, but in the 1.9 Pre-Release 2, they move super fast on ice. Even faster than when on water.

@unknown: Please create a new ticket with a reference to this,

I have opened a Bug Report on the matter.