Guild Wars 2

In orr on cursed shore map just under the writing harrowed sea just off the west coast of the map, I was swimming from the south towards it and can always see a pirate / orrian type ship in the distance at the location I just described.

But if I try to swim towards as I get closer it just vanishes instantly and dissapears. I have been able to repeat this many times. It doesn’t appear to be an event and is spooky.

Then I try’d again on another day and this time the ship was at a different angle in the distance facing out to sea but had gushing water behind it, but as I moved towards the ship just vanished into thin air and the water went back to normal. There was nothing there.

Here are some screen shots.

http://imageshack.us/a/img96/8012/gw343.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img33/9489/gw344.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img585/1770/gw345.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img440/5643/gw346o.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img717/9537/gw350g.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img690/125/gw351.jpg

You’ll notice that as it vanished, it moves backwards for one or two frames on the path that is intended for it to follow.

I’d say it’s an event connected to the pirate raider NPCs you see at the nearby waypoint/camp, but for some reason is bugged and never taking place.

… was farming ori out there and the boat was up. I told my wife to watch it, since I had seen it shoot off into the distance the other day. It just sat there and she thought I was kitten >.<

Dude.

The shore, it is cursed. There’s spooky things that pop up and vanish.

Cursed Shore o.o

Hundreds of undead running around, and people are worried about the ghost ship?

Its the Black Pearl! They know you saw them now and will come for you at night

Seriously though, sounds like the ship is either an ambient moving “prop” that gets bugged or as suggested, related to an event (and presumably bugged).