there are many many ads for rental lands with ocean access 200 sailable sea accessed from this or that place, a year ago this was true but recently, Many open water sailable sims have been removed, making such Ads now false. This is not the land owners fault of course, at the time of the Ad this was in fact very true. I personally rent land in the north of the mainland, yes I have water access but it saddens me to say that linden labs do not maintain even a minor protected passage from the Northern ocean to the Blake sea. From Mapping surveys of the area this would mean that perhaps as few as two open water sims would need to be reopened. this would provide the physical ability to access the blake from what was the Linden ocean. I would hope that perhaps Linden Labs might consider this as a small contribution to the many many residents who enjoy the ocean and its surroundings. In the second part of this discussion I would also like to say that I find some residents in the key areas where passage would be possible, I note an extreme selfishness toward the many thousands of SL residents. I do understand individuals desire for privacy and exclusivity, However it is remakably selfish of residents with a river running through their land to close the land thus preventing the use of that river to other users. I look at this like in real life if a river flows by your house, no one will permit you to close it off to river traffic why then should you do so in second life. It is rude, it is selfish and its morally wrong. so please Linden labs and land owners with river access from one part of the ocean to another consider the many users who without causing you any loss of privacy or greif wish to peacefully pass from one sea to another. Thank you for listening Sven Rolls