pumpkinboss

Dang! Yes! How awesome would trains be!!!!!!

There absolutely has to be some fix to the way distant islands are rendered in the game (they're not right now). I don't see this as an issue. Distant islands can simply be rendered as a few polygons until the player gets close enough. As it is right now islands simply pop into existence. As the OP said, you can sail past an island that should be within visual range.

Your graphics card is not a DX11 compatible graphics card. That is more than likely your problem.