Sell up and sail is about doing just that in 2025 For Currency Exchange use https://app.torfx.com/OJdIsO4y5Ob and you will get a £50 credit. For a discount on world wide medical insurance with Safety Wing use this link and scroll down: https://www.gentlesailing.com/ My new web site which badly needs subscribers: https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelBriantAbroad For UK boat insurance brokers: https://www.yachtmasterinsurance.co.uk/ And the best sailor I know has her web site @ https://www.youtube.com/@laurenlanders

I've owned 8 boats so far and this is about what I thought of each one...

What you need to know about checking into France in all the channel ports

This is the address list for the various forms required by both British and French authorities: https://www.spcr.homeoffice.gov.uk/register (To register with UK customs/Border Force) https://www.spcr.homeoffice.gov.uk/sign-in (To sign in and depart or arrive UK) calais.plaisance@edeis.com (Calais) contact@boulogne-marina.fr (Boulogne sur mer) https://portdedieppe.fr/contact/ (Dieppe) Check with marina office for information about customs clearance... portchantereyne@cherbourg.fr (Cherbourg) http://www.gentlesailing.com/ (to download French Marina arrival form – scroll down to near bottom of the page – FRENCH MARINA EMAIL FORM FOR FRENCH CUSTOMS) I have just found a French List and whilst Dieppe is a port of entry and there is some connection with French Customs it is NOT part of the French online system of advanced email notification. This means you would need to travel to find customs on arrival and for departure. Check with the Dieppe Marina Capitainerie.....

Shortly I will be heading back to Europe for the summer and these are my preparations for leaving the boat out here in the Caribbean for the next few months.

This is the 1 hour 45 minute story of how Amy Lyon became Lady Emma Hamilton and the the lover and long time mistress of Admiral Lord Nelson.

What its like sailing in the Leeward islands

SAILING GENTLY intro to my Sailing Gently YouTube channel.

A video about sailing to Guadeloupe

A look a6t the financial and practical aspects of keeping your boat in the Caribbean

What I think dream boats are and what they need

Windvanes and Autopilots is all about just that - both systems - types and prices compared...

www.safetywing.com/nomad-health?referenceID=26028514 is the link to the insurance talked about in LIVEABOARD which looks at life aboard a boat and costs involved

Dr Who or Blakes 7 fan then this video is probably for you... The link to Frank's original Podcast channel is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj73bNQRlkc&list=PLSsJ5a-u7kX3PpcT6wpJPc8hq56Eb301E

All about a very expensive little voyage as more and more bits of equipment failed. Sailing in the Caribbean is not always 'gentle'...

Video shot in a 25ft boat in 120MPH winds from Hurricane Beryl. https://gofund.me/6035941f is the address where you can find out more. If you want to contact Jason his YouTube site is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzAoVbatiT0 This video is enough to put you off sailing!

A few weeks ago I lost my anchor on the way to Guadeloupe. Ended up in Prince Rupert Bay Dominica at sunset with no mooring bouys or maria options available to me.....

The full story of shipping your boat permanently to the Caribbean

About going sailing in the Caribbean

Navigation, pilotage and how to do it electronically if you are a beginner to boating...