Don't settle in place. Flood plans are great only in Civ 4, they're meh in Civ 5. We need to look for something better than 2 hard production.
I would move the settler at least 1 NW. Doing that cannot lose a food tile in second ring, since we can see every tile that that move would give up in second ring from the original spot. We might then settle there, or continue across the river. Settling on the dyes could actually be a good idea.
I've always liked 25-15-10 turn intervals for the start of succession games.
I think Tradition and Pottery, although I'm not up on changes to either in BNW.
I would move the settler at least 1 NW. Doing that cannot lose a food tile in second ring, since we can see every tile that that move would give up in second ring from the original spot. We might then settle there, or continue across the river. Settling on the dyes could actually be a good idea.
I've always liked 25-15-10 turn intervals for the start of succession games.
I think Tradition and Pottery, although I'm not up on changes to either in BNW.