This was the first non-human-built boat used as a means of transportation, and was originally added in Patch 2.0.1 - shortly before the release of World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade. BC is required to make the full trip to the Exodar. Despite the short distance, a loading screen will occur during the trip because the Azuremyst Isles are on the Outland continent server rather than the Kalimdor server.
/Patch 3.0.2 (14-Oct-2008): The crew has returned. Hotfix (2007-12-06): Crew removed, due to problems. Patch 2.3.0 (13-Nov-2007): A crew was added. /Patch 2.0.1 (05-Dec-2006): Added.