Koroshi

Same problem, the whale was like 2 galleons far away from my schooner, and this happened (my ship got stuck and when I was trying to move backwards 15 seconds later it was sunk):

I had this issue, but I closed the game and closed Steam, re logged and my character was back. One of my mates had this problem (the owner of the company) and we had to create a new company (that's why I didn't want to create a new character because I knew I would lose it). Looks like a desync maybe?

Since the last update, my character can't craft the big or small storage (Large Storage Box, Storage Box). I have been playing more than 200 hours, so yes, I had all the resources (even ridiculous stacks of them), and was futile. I'm able to craft other kind of storage like the crew food, the ammo storage, etc, but not the most basic ones