Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush Him.

Matthew 15:39
After Jesus had dismissed the crowds, He got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.

Mark 4:1
Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.

Mark 4:36
After they had dismissed the crowd, they took Jesus with them, since He was already in the boat. And there were other boats with Him.

Mark 5:2
As soon as Jesus got out of the boat, He was met by a man with an unclean spirit, who was coming from the tombs.

Mark 6:32
So they went away in a boat by themselves to a solitary place.

Luke 5:1
On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God,

Luke 5:3
Jesus got into the boat belonging to Simon and asked him to put out a little from shore. And sitting down, He taught the people from the boat.

And he spoke to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.