First of all, Love this mod! I started a water world just to make use of it. It works great so far and I feel most things further are just 'polishing'. That said, here is my feedback in no particular order.
1.) Boat 'tracks' are super hard to see and near impossible at night. I have to put a beacon in my hand to light up the 'rail' paths to see them well. A bright light up toggle in the options would allow it to blend in and be visible when needed.
2.) Sounds - Right now it uses the car sound (and way too loud for some reason) but a proper boat /w waves sound would be awesome.
3.) For the oil tanker especially, its hard to see where things should be lined up. My ship pumps on on the ship but unless they are at exact spots they don't work. The cargo ship I had to play around with it to figure out the 'edges' of the cargo hold. So basically, clear indications of where to attach/inserter would be cool.
4.) Making the color sliders work would be sweet ;)
5.) Inserter Reach - The ship is just one block wide like a train which means it needs to be basically ON the shorelines for inserters to reach. Would be cool if the valid area for inserters was 2-3 blocks wide to match the ship.
I think thats enough for now, but again great work thus far!