@Whane The Whip Is the Island going to be big or say a tiny one with a few trees and whatnot? I would go with smaller as if there was a big island, once discovered, people would never leave. With tiny islands or even just one, you could go ashore and use it to farm wood or crops efficiently and that's all. Or maybe set easy with the island, medium with tiny small islands, and hard with none like the original concept. I forgot to mention the sea life in general...

I'd definitely agree on making bigger waves and weather effects to add to the insanity and challenge. I am not aware of this planted tree and attaching block method. I started building blocks directly off the left side of my boat, however this added a hinderance to its performance as I cannot turn xD. So going to start from scratch and try a new method to somehow make a structure to live on. I wouldnt know about the 2nd boat site being missed as I...