Quote Originally Posted by Slaists View Post
I didn't realize 'parking a sloop on the landbridge' still worked in ETW. Next time I'll do that rather than garrisoning Newfoundland.
I think you don't actually have to park the ship on the bridge, just have the bridge within your fleet's intercept range. The same applies rule when trying to land an invasion force -you can't if the enemy has a fleet covering the coast line with it's intercept range.

The defending/covering fleet has to be chased off to enable you to land ships.

I think that fleets at port can also cover prevent landings in this way, which can be a pain if there's not much coast to land on, e.g. the pirate islands, Malta or Gibraltar.