I headed North to find an arctic island for aluminum and lost my starter island and main base. To my recollection I went three islands North and one East before finding it, but when I retraced my route..nope.
Made a temp base and searched multiple islands in all directions...nope. Felt like I was a Lost in Space character and honestly, after awhile became a bit soul-sucking.
I know the compass has a small needle pointing to our spawn point and I did follow it until it suddenly would point in a different direction but no island I came to had either my base marker of even my starter island configuration.
So if we need to set sail for different lands at times I`d suggest a way to find home again.
Maybe the ability to scroll out beyond one island at a time to see islands we`ve already visited or an additional compass marker for out base as well as a spawn point?