Sailing, Surfing and other things waterbased

Swan 45?! Awesome. You'll need a few handy guys though, that's a powerful boat.

Some mates of mine t-boned one on the start line of a race once.....
Dibs ;)

i took the helm of a 50ft swan class formosa a few years back, brought it back into lymington harbour after a day out around the solent, that was some experience, it handled really well, but i don't have the experience to skipper this trip.. this is the closest i've got, three days racing from cowes..
http://www.littlebritain.co.uk/web/code/php/main_c.php?map=lbcc11&ui=2011&style=std&override=&section=home

i need to get some qualifications if i want to go off-shore..
solent-cannes-solent will not be a cheap gig..
reckon on at least £2,000 each..
budget of £16,000..

but what a trip !!!