It looks fantastic, much more realistic, however:
1 - acquisition fleets must have a limit, only to larger vessel support (one Bellona + two frigates to support or Trincomalee + one Mercury)
2 - will be difficult to return to port at the end of each battle. Perhaps better tune the role of crew morale, to obtain the captured crew to operate the ship captured.
3 - I believe that now is the time to use the slots of officers to control the crew.
4 - should be possible to transfer the crew. If you are attacked on the way back to the port, you can transfer the ship's crew captured for your ship and go to fight with the complete crew. You may lose the captured ship, but will have greater chances of keeping his own ship.
5 - want to keep the captured ship? take it back to port. Not to sail to the port? Give it to the admiralty and miss the ship (only receive a reward).
On the issue of having its own fleet, they are thinking only of the PVP and forget the PVE. Have you ever thought how bad face four frigates with your Bellona in PVE without any support, taking broadsides in the ass all the time?
Some date forecast of this new patch?
Again sorry for the horrible English