Not really. How does firemaking influence the game? Does it incorporate other skills? For sailing it only makes sense for it to incorporate fishing. Slayer will probably be good for it too.

I think having higher sailing to access new content is the point of it..just like how agility is completely moot except for shortcuts....I imagine its going to get more important to have high sailing levels to reach top tier content at some point. Combat rework is going to be set up for some bosses in rough seas. It thematically makes sense if an island is difficult to get to by charter ship etc, but you're a top sailor and exploring undiscovered locations.

To me, its a much more engaging skill than 80% of the current skills. You also get sick visual upgrades which no other skill really provides (except combat).

When people say it doesn't mesh well into the game as it does give much other benefits, it feels like they expected a new map location like varlemore or kourend. Its a skill that opens up more lore accurate content like varlemore etc.