It's entirely possible to ship the boat both ways and a fair number of
people do that. One of our local boats from this area has been in the
Med all summer, mostly in southern Spain and offshore islands. They
have professional crew and a large operating budget however. It costs
about $40K each way but saves a lot of fuel plus wear and tear on the
boat. There's something about making the crossing via Labrador,
Greenland and Iceland that appeals to my sense of adventure however.
Cruising around the Med sounds like fun. Just be careful on the South
and East sides.
If you cruised around all winter, you could hit the window on the way
back ... as long as the trip over was fun.
I'd want to fit in a trip to Rotterdam and then down the Rhein for a ways...maybe to
Basel.
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