It was moslty disagreeing with this proposition in your argumentation: > the average citizen at the time did not leave close to shore > removed access to the s

It was moslty disagreeing with this proposition in your argumentation: > the average citizen at the time did not leave close to shore > removed access to the sea to people in mainland/central Europe during pre-adulthood, by land-locking families And as for France, sailors, including pressed ones were from coastal regions.