Logging off while on moving ship

[GameTek 1]

I searched but maybe my search wasn't good enough.  So my issue was I was sailing my normal sized ship.  Not the little boat.  So I was sailing and then I realized I needed to log off so I did.  That was last night at about 10:30PM EST.  It is now 5:40PM EST the next day.  I logged on but when I did i see i'm in the water... a shark is eating me and my ship is sailing away.  Needless to say I died when it finally gave me control.  Pretty upsetting.

[GameTek 1]

Now i ended up on one of the other islands i had visited without any resources because I just visited this island and didn't store anything.  It's dark and I'm starving.  Not much I'm going to be able to do except die until day light.  That's just great.  

[kimbuck 746]

Gametek .. that happens  when you log out  or   your  connection fails if your ship is  under sail and you do not  have control of the helm.   I was lucky - i swam after  my ship and actually  caught it   when it ran aground on a  shoal!

Whenever you wish to log out and you are on a ship ...   first of all  lower sails,   release the   anchor, then  take  hold of the helm  controls      then save / log  out.

Its  even  safer if you  can park near an island ..with the anchor  down