After the apocalypse ??

[Jonas]

I have a question for you all in the UK. If you have a total grid failure and meltdowns of your nuclear power plants seem to be a certainty within a week or two, can you escape by boat? I was browsing around used boat sites and found several 30' "fixer-upper" sailboats available for really cheap prices here in the US. While I wouldn't look forward to the trip, I'm an old sailor, and a 30' sloop rig sailboat with a full keel and a reasonably competent master and family members for crew has a whole lot better chance of crossing the Atlantic Ocean intact than the same people have surviving in a nuclear wasteland. Cost for such a boat here would be in the $10,000 category, plus the work to fix her up, replace all the sheets and halyards, and maybe mend the sails.