I've had the same issue landing on Vulcanus.
I'm playing on Version 2.0.11.

When you start a new game, you get two dialogs popping up at the same time.
The new tips and tricks window overlaps the orange game text bubble. Since the tips and tricks window is partly transparent, it's hard to read with the text below shining through (and it looks ugly).
Would be nice, if the ...

Da fehlt noch die Übersetzung einer Taste.

Und nebenbei:
Ich bin ja kein Grammatik Profi, aber müsste es nicht heißen:
"Kein anderer Gegenstand kann auf diesem Platz abgelegt werden" ?
Oder alternativ: "auf diesen Platz gelegt werden".

I know (I had to restart the map like 10 times until I got a usable map, because I had "a lot of water" in my map config).

But this thread is for talking abount the possibilities of USING the water, not about the "island-problem".
For the island problem look here -> https://forums.factorio.com ...

A game start on a paraglider sound great, only you have to start the flight high up in the sky, to find some useful land.

Starting on an island isn't the worst that can happen:
Right now I startet as reincarnation of Jusus, standing on the water in the middle of nowhere. There wasn't any land in ...

hmm ok, i see you can use the map exchange string this way.
But it's still more kind of a workaround.
And quite inconvienient, if you just want to have a look on your current settings, while you're playing

Situation:
You are about to start a new game.
You want to make some changes (compared to your last freeplay game) to adjust the settings of your new game to better fit your taste.

BUT:
You don't remember which settings you choosed the last time ... :(

It would be really nice, if there were a ...

I just started a new map with a lot of water (map see below).
Besides of noticing, I got stuck there, it lead me to the idea of building up water routes by cargo ships.
New challenges awaiting !
A player ability for swimming would be a nice start, just for getting off of that island.
http://image ...