There were hints of them taking it in the remake of Dawn of The Dead direction in regards to the boat. Basically them thinking they can sail to an island or something to be safe but realizing that the dead are everywhere. Just speculation... Also talked about how others may try and take what they have to survive (the boat). There are a lot of direction they can go with the show now but I just hope they keep up the zombie aspect of it. If the next season is mostly them dealing with surviving on a boat with limited resources and no zombie action it could get quite boring again real quick.