Hi Mark:

My laptop was broken 3 weeks ago, and I'm still thinking what will I do. (repair it, buy a new one....)
Meanwhile, I haven´ t got MoI, and I am desesperate :-)

Then, I have a big computer running under linux, but I can't use MoI in it. I am trying to virtualize the HD of my laptop (afortunately it works) under VirtualBox, but I have problems I don't know how can I solved. Therefore, I can't use MoI in this way. :-(

And more....I was doing stupid things and I lost all my /home under linux. Then, I have lost the *.blend files and the pictures I was rendered. It doesn't matter, because I have the MoI files secures, but I must to export the ship again and remake the UV textures I was finished....when I can use MoI again!

About the ocean...there are buildings of blender including the Ocean modifiers.
I have used any of them, but Blender shut down when I tried to make the textures of the foam :-(

Here is the last building with ocean:

http://www.graphicall.org/builds/builds/showbuild.php?action=show&id=1858

Good luck with the sea!
David