Here is my Mokokanue (Lv10 Eurus with optimal sailors)! I also have the legendary compass for +3.0 Knots, so with food buffs I can reach 50.9 Knots (65.9 Knots during the race)! Of course high-end Astrays can beat me in a race but I think this close to the (if not the) fastest non-astray non-orca boat!
The sailors are from various sources: Stronghold merchant, buying from trade ship merchants, and trading Tears of the Abyss to the merchant on Isle of Mist. The skin is from 1000+ Mokokos collected, and the Legendary compass is from 65+ Island Souls collected.
Is there a bunch of boat specific skins in KR? I see one here for the sturm-whatever that nobody uses. 99% of boats I see are the hermidas song skin. Would love to see some really cool ghost ship ones or any boat really.
I stay far away from dead waters… those eat up my cute little boat in about 60 seconds! I think the developers messed up with balancing the hazard waters in that the dead waters is the worst of all worlds: disables skill, clouds visibility, slows your boat, and does huge damage! On the other hand, kelp does almost nothing negative to your boat aside from the movement speed reduction!