Andy your thinking is sound. Although India to France is a different league to a channel crossing :P
A wee PM to one of the D&D chaps on this board or phone them to organise you and a packet of choc biscuits to visit them. And you will have done about 50% more planning than most.
They will tell you exactly which route will give you optimum SAR cover and also what information and where to put it to maximise your recovery options in the unlikely event the need should arise.They will also be able to give you the benefit of all the common cockups which occur and they have to deal with.
To be honest if it wasn't so far away I would come along to.
And apparenty if you go and speak to your local RNLI station they are more than happy to give you free safety advice. You never know they may let you be a training aid for the day. And if you do speak to them and it turns out I have been talking poo. Post it on here for the benefit of all.
Last edited by mad_jock; 15th Nov 2006 at 13:50.
Reason: to add some cheek.