Advice from a Pro
Our senior sailing reporter Brieuc Maisonneuve took advantage of a delivery trip (part of which he completed single-handed) at the helm of a trimaran to take stock of what is involved in preparing for solo sailing.
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Published on 31/07/2025
By
Brieuc Maisonneuve
Issue:
203
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Our video: 
Some offers are too good to miss! I’ve got a couple of friends who own a Neel 43, and they asked me to deliver their trimaran from Carteret, in Normandy, to Venice, Italy. The plan was a superb 2,000-nautical-mile voyage with a few tricky areas to navigate: getting clear of the Western Approaches (to the English Channel), with their strong tidal currents and heavy maritime traffic, the crossing of the Bay of Biscay, the descent southward along the Iberian coast with the potential risk of encountering killer whales, the passage through the Straits of…
