Deus nolt!

[gollum]

And a hint for early Crusades: a crusade can use the fleet of an allied nation to the nation the crusade belongs. Typically, make it your priority to ally with the Italians early, and then go towards genoa/venice. Once there, the Italian ships will transfer your Crusade accross the seas either in North Africa or in Greece/Anatolia or in some rarer cases in teh Holy Land itself.

The Sicilians can make use of the Crusades from early to carve a sizeable kingdom in the Holy Land for themselves.