re sailing qualifications,my wife and I have yachtmaster offshore and have sailed around a lot of closer northern Europe.
The French do insist on qualifications for their own sailors with limits on distance from shore according to level of qualification.
Don't know about other counties though.
Agree that sailing takes all day/weekend etc.
Flying takes me a morning all in for a couple of hours flight.
Still love boats and sailing and have been thinking of getting something small for next year.
Lister
