I know its an old topic, but elk and ships still don't mix. No matter how good it sounds to transport your elk with you, it's such a headache having it randomly teleport off ship to gods know where and then, when you retrieve that sneaky beast, have it just teleport you back onto ship when you get close enough as nothing happened.
Some really odd chicanery going on...it may be related to rope physics which don't process as intended or something.
Too often I zone out in the middle of the ocean and all of a sudden I realise my elk is no more