Another Point of Singularity

I'm trying to create a miniatures game based on pirates and lifeboats, based upon a German boardgame called Rette Sich Wer Kann (every man for himself). My version will be called EVERY PIRATE FOR HIMSELF, which will follow the original rules reasonably closely but have a strong and silly Pirate theme. The problem I have is that the alleged 15mm lifeboats (from merrimack/old glory shipyards) don't really match the 15mm Peter Pig/Merrimack pirate figures! It's almost impossible to stand up 6 figures in these boats WITHOUT BASES.. so any ideas of how to do it WITH bases?

Aiiieeee!

See Figure Two as well.