Iboats blocks areas (countries) that were (are) deemed high security risks for hacking.
Security flaws in the previous vB software was a major (primary ?) reason for the migration to the new software that's been reeking havoc w/ the forum since May.
I suspect if there's no access now, there won't be in the future either.
Great ^^^We are hoping to allow these areas access again once things are working and stable.