Trivia

    Caravel class ships were one of the few ships designed for sea travel that also could travel inland via rivers. Due to their lightness were faster and more agile then many of the bigger ships. As such, merchants favored them highly despite their low cargo hold. Yet despite their advantages, as the Going Merry implied, they were fragile vessels that could not take as much battering as many other vessels could.

    According to Oda in response to the fan reaction of the Going Merry's demise, drawing the death of the Going Merry was enough to bring him to tears.