"Er well because SFD L2K is only a few minutes longer"
Exactly .. .. ..
.. .. .. but I wonder how many would have thought there was so little difference in the total distance between sfd dieppe and lyd, L2K, dieppe!
"if the donk is going to quit it will go at the most inconvenient moment."
True, but not everyone believes in Murphy I suppose.
The poster also asked about ditching.
Following a ditching the evidence is most survive the impact, but die in the water. Dont kid yourself you will survive for very little time in the channel without a raft.