Kaizoku to Ningyo
Pirate and Mermaid

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If you think Mario and Princess Peach was the ultimate love story, this might be right up your alley, otherwise it's probably gonna be a really boring and frustrating read.
99% of the plot is "helpless little damsel protagonist gets kidnapped, befriends his current captor, then eventually gets rescued by the love interest, only to get captured by someone else the next chapter". Repeat ad nauseum. Sometimes there's some mild variation where the protag gives himself up voluntarily to protect the love interest, who then has to come rescue him anyways, but that's about it. It might be cute the first time, but by the 12th ... time or 15th time it's hard not to get sick of it.

I'm generally a sucker for the found family trope that is at play with this little troupe of rag-tag pirates, but it's hard to percieve them as people when they only exist to blindly fall from one kidnapping plot into the next. They never grow or learn from their experiences und just keep repeating the same mistakes over and over so the protagonist can get captured again, because that's what passes for plot in this story.

The art is definitely the saving grace of this manga, the characters all look very attractive and cities and ships look unique and believable. A great strength are also the female characters, who are proper characters in their own right, something that a lot of BL manga don't bother with.

If you just want some light read about a bunch of misfits forming what's essentially a family for each other and are able to look past all the characters' IQ approaching zero, this might be the manga for you, otherwise I'd suggest you save yourself the frustration.