Mar 18, 2012
Upon the cape west of Eglarest Finrod raised the tower of Barad Nimras to watch the western sea, though needlessly, as it proved; for at no time ever did Morgoth essay to build ships or to make war by sea. Water all his servants shunned, and to the sea none would willingly go nigh, save in dire need.
"Of Beleriand and Its Realms" - The Silmarillion - J.R.R. Tolkien