Hi Matt,
I like the scenes shown in your images and the colours and the motion of the waves, and I too have a crappy wide angle lens that I occasionally throw on the camera after blowing the dust off, so I know of what you speak - it's the old Canon 16-35 Mk I, which is famous for its smeary distortion effects around the edge of the frame, as well as its horrible CA and colour fringing. So after leaving it on the shelf untouched for maybe 10 years, I have recently started using it once again but only for mono shots, which instantly takes care of the CA and colour fringing etc and the smearing effect in a black and white image, looks almost acceptably vintage.
Dave