The boat on Sota isnt a problem if you box shamans only.

/target [target=charname]
/cast water walking

Now that each char have water walking jump out on the side were there is water to avoid getting slowed by enemy players.

This is one of the best places to have FTL follow system since i just click one of my slave windows and it turns him into the leader. This means i can use follow even when my 4 shamans is split up in pairs!