Sink ships sonic style.

[myth-simba]

I'm not expecting you all to take this idea seriously, its more of a 'wouldn't this be cool' then an actual practical idea.

Anyways imagine that if you ran out of ammo but you are absoloutely cool at melee fighting. You can still ship battle.

You can load yourself into a cannon and fire it at the enemy ship, land and attack the crew. Course if you miss... instant death.

It is a positive thing for both melee and ship bound players.
If you are skilled in the art of sailing you could potentially kill the crews of ships by being swift with your controls. Where as melee players can, if timed correctly, land on ships and destroy them.