User blog comment:Qapta1n/Help on Building ships./@comment-24142455-20140730024730/@comment-11181609-20140730032156

First of all, the base must sink.

Second, do the beam trick. (The wider the beam, the faster you will go when you don't place streamlined blocks down)

And to help the base sink, do the Texan thing: USE MORE GUNS. Guns are heavy and if you place it on the top, the whole thing will lower.

And finally, go to Owl. He, doc, wolf and mace are experts.