  We consider the gravity-capillary water waves problem in a domain $\Omega_t
\subset \mathbb{T} \times \mathbb{R}$ with substantial geometric features.
Namely, we consider a variable bottom, smooth obstacles in the flow and a
constant background current. We utilize a vortex sheet model introduced by
Ambrose, et. al. in arXiv:2108.01786. We show that the water waves problem is
locally-in-time well-posed in this geometric setting and study the lifespan of
solutions. We then add a damping term and derive evolution equations that
account for the damper. Ultimately, we show that the same well-posedness and
lifespan results apply to the damped system. We primarily utilize energy
methods.
