Oh, yeah, I got my ship in the Shackles, was a bit of a hassle to make it legally mine, but the Hurricane King approved, especially after my crew and I won the Regatta.
One thing do i consider giving the hairy eyeball to is stowing a polearm. I mean... how?
I've run into that issue a few times. I solved it by purchasing a Scabbard of Many Blades, in which I can store my polearms without having trouble. It's a fairly expensive solution though, at 5000 gold.