I really liked the start of the game! Though I suck with the ship controls, I felt they were a bit janky at time. I thought the part where the big ship destroys you was a game over screen because of my terrible pirate ship driving skills XD it was really cool to see everyone rebuilding the ship!
I hope you polish this thing more, it already looks great and I'd love to see it with the full illustrations and everything you didn't have time for. I'd definitely play it!