Actually, it might be not that useless, as it might bring new players to the game.
Voodooextreme -a mainstream PC gaming website- is running their usual polls to designate the "best of the year" games. Dangerous Waters is indeed in the list for the "best simulation" award.
You can check this out, and vote for DW if you like at the following adress :
http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/674/674996p1.html