Central Mediterranean: Can't Sail?

[ArtistofWarfare]

Any sea regions without a land neighbour will classify as deep sea, so you will also be unable to access the Atlantic Ocean region and ... oh, dear, what's it called - the one just east of Sicily, anyway. You're a coast-hugger as an Italian, as caravel says

Interesting...I never knew this before...

Or did and forgot...

Well, I'm assuming that this really doesn't effect things too drastically as I can still access most of the tiles I need to...

Still, this begs the question: Who has ships that can go anywhere?

Italian Galleys get a +1 morale...but they can't go into deep waters? That just seems off to me...

edit: Nevermind- I looked up at Yas' Tools regarding the ships...

This is the ONE thing I overlooked when picking the Italians...

Although I don't think it would have changed much, I still love their infantry, and their location to begin with still allows a Naval/Mercantile empire to be built rather quickly.

Thanks for the answer though guys...saved me some time today ...I see why the give and take exists now. Nations most set to control the seas are given slightly less capable ships than nations that would have to do some significant conquering before they'd have access to the regions that would give them maritime control. It's not bad...