<snip> If you have access now, I don't see the advantage to paying more for the same thing you already have.
IDK, maybe he will have more shoreline? Seems mostly a waste to me, since access will not change. There is no "majority ownership" regarding a body of water adjoining different properties. The key to access control is owning all the land surrounding the pond/lake.
That's how the USACE controls access to its lakes; owning the entire shoreline just past the high water mark.
There is no gain here at all regarding control of the body of water.
