Just had a thought about live multiplayer modes.
It might be fun to have some modes that aren't just straight up races.
I'm thinking zany outside the box stuff like maybe tag, or a kind of destruction derby thing where you have to crash the front of your boat into the side of other boats to defeat them (maybe call it bowsprit jousting?)
Perhaps a mode where a star appears on the water at a random location and everyone has to rush to try to get it, and once someone gets it they score a point and another star appears somewhere else, etc.
Kind of like how Rocket League takes soccer and adapts it to be played by people driving cars, I'm thinking take existing game ideas that people play in person in school yards, etc, and adapt them to be played by people operating virtual boats.
These kind of game modes might help bring in more players who aren't already big into sailing, and could also serve as a way for players to practice and learn how to get the boat from point to point effectively.