Originally posted by Godsmutant:

You can adjust the draw distance and terrain graphics on the settings and at very high setting you can see a very good distance, yes the fish floating around is a thing but will most likely be fixed but steering of the boats? I think steering a boat is always at the stern.

Steering of the boats is reversed in this game, its more like driving a car in the snow with snow tyres at the front and summer at the rear, thats not how boats sail.
Render distance up at max and its just not far enough, too much pop in of things even close to you