Unrealistic Water Crossings

[Newstone]

I have noticed something in EB that is unrealistic and bothers me. Its the ability of land units to cross water to get to islands, for example, from Italy to Sicily or vice versa. So why was this not allowed in vanilla rtw but allowed in EB? Since the goal of the EB2 team is to be as realistic as possible then I hope this wont be allowed in EB2.

Its unrealistic because the soldiers certainly didn't swim 2 and a half miles (the shortest distance between Italy and Sicily in the Strait of messina). So the most realistic thing would be to build ships to transport troops. Same goes for Bosporus and Dardanelles straits in Asia Minor, (even though the distances arent as long as compared to strait of messina, there are bridges there now and for a reason).

The reason i don't like this is because and island that can only be reached by ships is invaded by armies that have magical horses that can swim long distances and are composed of Olympic swimmers. So please, please take this unrealistic feature away from EB2.