Obviously you're not happy with how it turned out, but there is a pleasant feeling of cruising around on the open ocean with this game. The presentation is quite dinky, kinda reminded me of playing with toy boats as a kid.
The steering is odd, but it makes me think that there's some potential in having a wheel that you can start spinning in one direction, but that you have to physically slow down before you can turn in the opposite direction, evoking a captain desperately trying to right their ship. I think with a bit of wobbling, drifting, and a pair of manic hands steering a wheel at the bottom of the screen, this could be a neat little minigame!