Instead of settlers I got an army from a goody hut when I popped it with an enkidu warrior. Saved it for later, so didn't really help at all for the early game.
Didn't help me with the game, I think the 60% water maps are so much land to settle my early game is too slow. Probably could have used the army a lot earlier for some aggression, too.
Second island civs ended up getting philosophy right before me and after that I never properly caught up. My main settler city was the only city to get hit by disease, too, which slowed the expansion some. Felt like I had terrible luck with galleys too, barely missed getting contact with them for a long time even though I saw the borders. Should have gone for monarchy for unlimited warfare, maybe might have been able to handle the situation.