True, the predominate winds are from the North and what is left of the
Gulf stream also causes a slight southerly
current. However, there are lots of harbours and estuaries (Rias) to do short hops.
Your
draft is a little more than I thought, we can sail on a damp lawn with our
draft of 1.2m

. The Midi awaits my
retirement, I fancy a trip from UK, down to Gib, through the
med and back to the Atlantic via the
canal.
The upside is the
mast is down and probably worth
shipping it to the
med rather than carry on board so it doesn't get damaged as its much longer than the yacht. There are French firms that specialise in moving masts both north and south, bet they would take the
anchor and chain too. What else can you do? half empty
fuel and
water tanks etc, reduce the
food on board to a couple of days supplies and shop locally etc. If it did all go pear shaped then you would have to ship the yacht the rest of the way, so not the end of the world.
Might be worth measuring the actual draft next time you
lift out rather than using the manufacturers figures.
Pete