Well I tried adding a beach/shore area but it was screwing up the whole shore line so I've accepted fate and have a lush fairy tale scene with the grass running down into the water. I di 2 pops of grasses mixed nicely and used the vary colour button with PFs but in this lighting it just doesn't, at least to these colour blind eyes, show up much if at all. As this is my "Waiting For Godot" (my new computer's name now) series I think I'll call it done as the 'artifact' problem is solved to my satisfaction and I really like the translucence of the sails on the Galleon, disappointed the small wake I added isn't apparent at this distance but will call this, at a 7.5 hr render time, done...till Godot is up and running in any case when I'll redo this from scratch....
