All Properties that are visible in Inspector should be accessible from script

[klauskobald]

For example the SphereWaterInteraction has the private _maxSpeed property. I need to change that depending on the boat speed.
I do it now by hacking into it with reflections.
I see no reason, why a lot of properties are private.

[huwb]

Hi there, generally the reason is the standard thing of making modular code with minimised surface area/connections to other code. The more code we can keep private the more easily we can change it later.

But I agree the example you gave can be made public without making a significant issue. I can make nearby similar properties public too if they also look fine.