Who's driving?

[Diego Birmingham]

I don't think that those are what's happening to me. I don't shoot at flags when sailing alone, and even if I hit one somehow, I'm not getting the boarding message.

[LiquidSteel]

Same thing happens to me. Im sailing and all of a sudden the sails fold up and Im viewing the back of my characters head. I just back up a few steps and then go forward, press Shift and go back to sailing. However, during battle, it really is annoying.

[Stormrunner]

Aye, it happens to me whether I've tagged/disabled a flagship or not. Just this morning, in fact, I was kicked off the helm as I was approaching a Phantom and I hadn't gone anywhere near a flag. I haven't been able to discern any pattern to it, so have no idea how to prevent it from happening.

Although it takes only a few seconds to step away and back, I've had any number of close calls because of this quirk. So far, I've avoided sinking -- though yesterday I just managed to regain the wheel as a Kingfisher was firing at me. Thank goodness for "Ramming Speed"!

[Eustace the Monk]

Originally Posted by Stormrunner

Aye, it happens to me whether I've tagged/disabled a flagship or not. Just this morning, in fact, I was kicked off the helm as I was approaching a Phantom and I hadn't gone anywhere near a flag. I haven't been able to discern any pattern to it, so have no idea how to prevent it from happening.

Although it takes only a few seconds to step away and back, I've had any number of close calls because of this quirk. So far, I've avoided sinking -- though yesterday I just managed to regain the wheel as a Kingfisher was firing at me. Thank goodness for "Ramming Speed"!

I've actually timed this while doing the man overboard glitch. I was on the ship as it was going down (sank without grapple) and down I went with it. Never had it happen to a non-flag. As soon as the ship disappeared under water and under the ground below that, is when you will get knocked off the wheel. There is no way to stop it. We even tried leaving the wheel and going back, but you still bounce from the wheel when the ship is removed from the game. Either way, as the other posts pointed out, all you need to do is stem back a ways and go forward again. Normally about 3 steps back does it for me.

Loot Hard!