Andrew Janssen wrote:
> --- Juha Vesanto  wrote:
> 
> 
>>ibrahim wrote:
>>
>>>However, I imagine many Midsea countries wouldn't oppose Rhudyn 
>>>reclaiming the southern shore of the Straits - currently Aixelsydan
>>
>>>controls both and is able to restrict passage if it wants.  I am
>>
>>unsure 
>>
>>>if it charges a toll for passage - it probably does.
>>
>>Oh yes.
>>
>>"See, this is our strait, and we invested heavily into that campaign
>>years ago, and surely we are justified to gather some interest on
>>all those expenses. So, unless you want our privateers to harass you
>>all
>>the way down to MiddleSea, you will pay this small price for the
>>King's 
>>protective flag. Or you can take your goodies and walk over the
>>mountains."
> 
> 
> Actually, given the geography of the strait, the important thing is not
> so much that the Aixelsydani control both sides of the strait, it's
> that they control access to the pilots who know how to navigate through
> the strait due to their local knowledge of winds, tides, & reefs.

In addition to what I said above (which I wrote when I was on break at 
work), the Sedonian Navy maintains a base on the island of Tolmersa, 
just inside the inner mouth of the Straits of Anorurr. The ships based 
there are, in theory, for supressing piracy in the Straits; in practice, 
they patrol the approach to the Straits, rather than the Straits 
themselves. Most of Tolmersa has been converted into a maximum-security 
prison facility.

The Straits are 400 miles long, 102 miles wide at the inner mouth, 85 
miles wide at the outer mouth, and ~47 miles wide at the two narrowest 
points. The Straits are fairly shallow, and both the inner and outer 
mouths are dangerously rocky due to submerged mountains (Measurements 
taken from my Campaign Cartographer map of Qaiyore).

I don't know if Qaiyore has recognized the concept of "territorial 
waters", but the Straits of Anorurr are wide enough that I could see 
groups like Ka'Shari, Celpalar, and Kaeir disputing Aixelsydan's claims.

Andrew

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