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'''Sailing''' was hyped and discussed, but never made a [[Skills|skill]]. It was among the most popular points of speculation concerning the new skill that would be released in [[2010]].

Many players believed that the new skill of 2010 would be Sailing, although a [[Jagex Moderator]] confirmed the new skill was not Sailing. Via in-game chat, Mod MMG ([[Mark Gerhard]], Jagex CEO) said "no it will not be sailing unless of course I get sacked first :)" However, during a live Q&A session on the RuneScape Forums on August 6, 2009, a player asked: "In your CC you allegedly said that Sailing will not become a skill while you're CEO, true?" Mod Gerhard replied by stating: "I was only joking around about sailing, maybe there will be sailing maybe there won't be?", followed by a winking emoticon. This implies that Sailing ''could'' possibly be a future skill. Now that [[Dungeoneering]] has been released, the speculation for Sailing as a future skill has decreased.

This apparent uncertainty was rebuffed again in a [[Update:Blog - Q&A: RuneScape Content's Answers|Q&amp;A]] on [[10 September]] [[2009]], when Mod Mark (not Mark Gerhard) said of the planned new skill: "Honestly, it’s not the Sailing skill. That was a crazy rumour based on a picture of a mage on a dock, who apparently is sailing a ship. He isn’t, and there is no Sailing skill. ... Oh, and the new skill is far better than sailing." Mod Fetzki added: "We couldn’t believe it when we saw the fake Sailing icon that someone had put on to the Highscores list, but the community identified it as a fake very quickly."<ref name="devblog20090910" />

==Evidence==
There has been lots of evidence put forward, although most of it is likely to be pure coincidence or fake.

Of the "evidence" that has been offered that does relate directly to in-game content, the following game features seem to have the most relevance:

*In [[The Tourist Trap]] quest, [[Captain Siad]] is found to have a [[Sailing book|book about sailing]] that is used to complete part of the quest. It is from this book that the icon for sailing used in the fake hiscores image is apparently derived.[[File:RS Sailing Chat.png|thumb|right]]
*In the [[Dragon Slayer]] quest, players are able to purchase the [[Lady Lumbridge]] and in the quest become its captain. While players do temporarily engage in actually sailing the ship (with the help of an NPC), this ship eventually runs aground on [[Crandor]] Isle and is no longer usable as a ship.

Certainly given the location of Cambridge, where the Jagex headquarters is located,it's possible that some of the employees of [[Jagex]] are familiar with nautical lore and have included many other elements of a nautical nature into the game. Neither of the two quests mentioned above either need or develop sailing as anything other than a temporary plot element.

===Hiscores image===
[[File:Not sailing.png|frame|Jagex posting on their youtube channel that sailing will not be the next skill]]

Shortly before the [[RuneScape High Detail|RuneScape HD]] [[Update:RuneScape HD - Members-Only Beta Launch|update]] in early July 2008, an image appeared that apparently showed a new skill in the Hiscores called "Sailing"<ref>{{cite web | url = http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/1949/hiscoresomfgeg2.png | title = hiscoresomfgeg2.png | accessdate = 2009-09-10 | year = 2008 | month = July | format = PNG | publisher = Image Shack | location = United States | archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/5jgnSDo2v | archivedate = 2009-09-10 | quote = Skills: Sailing; XP: Not Ranked}}</ref>. It was featured in a YouTube video that was uploaded on 3 July 2008, and included other "evidence" for the imminent release of Sailing<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vx4FKeQaqo | title = A New Skill? Sailing? | accessdate = 2009-09-10 | author = [http://www.youtube.com/user/FangGallo209 FangGallo209] | date = 2008-07-03 | format = Flash video | publisher = YouTube | location = United States | archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/5jgnxIBs1 | archivedate = 2009-09-10 | quote = Qwertysumo screenied this on the runescape highscores, he found a new skill: Sailing. wtf? is this our newest skill?}}</ref>. This led to a flood of related posts on the [[RuneScape Forums]]. However, [[Jagex Moderator|Mod Dave]] posted on the forums on 11 July 2008 to say: "I can conform [sic] that image that has been going around the Internet was spoofed and there is no Sailing Skill." However, the original thread has since expired. Mod Dave has also said that it was a prank by a Jagex employee.

===Website header===
Some people claim the [http://www.webcitation.org/5jgozvaOK RuneScape website header image] of the time appeared to show a mage on a boat whilst wearing a "sailing cape", a fictional [[Cape of Accomplishment]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.runescape.com/img/main/layout/head_image.jpg | title = head_image.jpg | accessdate = 2009-09-10 | year = 2009 | format = JPG | publisher = Jagex Ltd | location = United Kingdom | archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/5jgozvaOK | archivedate = 2009-09-10}}</ref>. However, in the [[Update:Blog - Q&A: RuneScape Content's Answers|Q&amp;A]] on [[10 September]] [[2009]], Mod Mark described this as "a crazy rumour based on a picture of a mage on a dock, who apparently is sailing a ship. He isn’t, and there is no Sailing skill."<ref name="devblog20090910">{{cite web | url = http://devblog.runescape.com/view_post.ws?post_id=30 | title = Q&A: RuneScape Content's Answers | accessdate = 2009-09-10 | author = Mod Fetzki | coauthors = Mod Mark | date = 2009-09-10 | work = RuneScape Developer Blogs | publisher = Jagex Ltd | location = United Kingdom | archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/5jgl7YqZF | archivedate = 2009-09-10 | quote = I Pixill I asks: Probably a question you saw coming - Can you shine anymore light on the new skill that's coming? ... Mod Mark: Honestly, it’s not the Sailing skill. That was a crazy rumour based on a picture of a mage on a dock, who apparently is sailing a ship. He isn’t, and there is no Sailing skill. Interestingly, several of the team here at Jagex love sailing, so it did give us some cool ideas for the future. Oh, and the new skill is far better than sailing. ... Mod Fetzki: We couldn’t believe it when we saw the fake Sailing icon that someone had put on to the highscore list, but the community identified it as a fake very quickly.}}</ref>

===Other evidence===
Other evidence includes different metal [[cannonball]]s (other than steel and gold) in Quick Chat and [[pirate impling]]s. These are both incorrect; the way the Quickchat works fills in "fields" with the player's choice which allows players to say other non-existent items (ie. Silver Kiteshield, Rune Wire, etc.) and pirate implings came with the [[Rocking Out]] quest.

Another thing is that when Excl (who won the trip to Jagex HQ) came back from his trip, he made a video and said "Here is a hint on the next RuneScape skill." While saying that, he had a picture of some boats in water. He then made a joke about a new skill, this could possibly be a [[wikipedia:red herring (idiom)|red herring]].

Also, it was once said that the new skill will start with a B, which is now considered a red herring, but could refer to the skill being called Boating instead. However, in a 2010 Q&A Session, it was confirmed the new skill is not Sailing, and doesn't start with a B.

In the [http://services.runescape.com/m=news/behind-the-scenes---april-fools April Fools Behind the Scenes], Sailing was mentioned.

Also, Sailing was mentioned by one of the JaGeX moderators on RuneFest 2011, and it's not the new skill.

==Trivia==
*Jagex used Sailing in the April Fool's joke of 2011, a fake "Behind the Scenes".
*"SAILING" was one of the answers (A skill that never was) to the crossword puzzle of [[Cryptic Clue Fest III]].

==Gallery==
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File:No_Sailing.png‎|[[Jagex Moderator|Mod Dave]] stated in July 2008 that the image showing Sailing in the high scores is a spoof.

File:Nosailingskill.png|[[Mark Gerhard]] said the planned new skill "will not be sailing unless of course I get sacked first :)".

File:2009-08-06_Sailing_possible_skill.png‎|Jagex CEO [[Mark Gerhard]] said in August 2009: "maybe there will be sailing maybe there won't be?"<ref>{{cite web | url = http://forum.runescape.com/forums.ws?13,14,674,59348769,goto,14 | title = Answers from MMG - Live Q&A! | accessdate = 2009-09-10 | author = Mod Mmg | last = Gerhard | first = Mark | date = 2009-08-06 | work = News & Announcements, RuneScape Forums | publisher = Jagex Ltd | location = United Kingdom | pages = 14 | archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/5jgjKANQW | archivedate = 2009-09-10 | quote = Q)Kaoru0322 ... In your CC you allegedly said that Said that Sailing will not become a skill while you're CEO, true? ... A) Hi Kaoru, I was only joking around about sailing, maybe there will be sailing maybe there won't be?}}</ref>

File:Mod_French_-_no_saling.png|[[Jagex Moderator|Mod French]] stated on December 6th 2009 that sailing is not the next skill.
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==References==
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