Bug or working as intended?

[Valderos 5]

A friend of mine spotted a boat by the shore the other night. There was no damage to the boat that we could see. We decided to fill it up with some gas and take it for a ride. After driving the boat from the shore near Elektro over to Skaliisty Island, we then started heading north. At some point, just before reaching Solnichny, my character began coughing. I noticed my temperature icon was flashing red. My buddy was also coughing and his temperature began flashing red. It was clear weather - no rain. We pulled the boat into the shore and applied heat packs, which changed the temperature icon to white, but our characters still had the periodic cough. Now, I didn't have any antibiotics on me, and it was getting late, so I logged out for the night. The next day, I logged back in to continue my adventures and noticed that I was no longer coughing. I decided to abandon the boat and continue on foot since running is so much faster than boating.

So, I'm curious. Is it intended that you should get sick from riding in a boat, or is this a bug that should be/has been reported?

Also, is it me or are the boats intentionally slow as hell?

[Deetwo 69]

Working as intended. If you're on a boat, your chances of getting sick increases exponentially. Probably due to the "high speed winds" you'll be experiencing on the boat.

As for the slow speed.....there's only one boat that's worth using and that's the pbx speed boat. Everything else, blow it up as service for anyone that may mistaken it for a useful means of transportation.