Richy, sometimes you need to decide if the foreground you have to work with will add or detract from the shot. In this case I think it distracts I’m afraid. The shot to go for might have been a more simple composition taken from the far harbour wall towards the mountains.
I tend to agree with Dee re the crop. I have scrolled up so the lower
section (to the point where the sand takes on colour) is masked & to my eye it
looks better.
Just an another opinion though. It’s your opinion that counts.
I agree that the bottom should be cropped out. I did consider making it a pano, but decided not to, I think there are a lot of composition rules i need to read up on :)