no
Of course it depends where in UK, and by what route you travel. The 'common' sailing route is to Portsmouth with a brief stop in Azores (for example Horta). Using this route, I calculate the shortest possible sailing route to be 3550 nm (or 6590 km). If you just want to know the shortest straight line distance then it is 3330 nm (6160 km) from St John's, Antigua to Lands End, UK. (I excluded any of the UK islands since the calculation becomes quite complicated!).
The route a vessel navigates
The Northwest Passage. It IS there, it's just not a "direct" route -it is "circuitous".
east north east
Titanic was sailing the Atlantic Ocean on a transatlantic route to compete in a lucrative trade, ferrying passengers between Europe and the US.
The best place to have a sailing boat, is by the coast.
Yes. The embargo only relates to the US. You will not be able to take the cigars from Cuba to the US en route to the UK however.
I think he wrote this poem after sailing from the USA to England. This is because he quotes "And that has made all the difference". So, perhaps he means that after his choosing of the road his life had taken another upturn.
Titanic, after sailing from her place of origin, Belfast, traveled from Southampton, UK, to Cherbourg, France, to Queenstown, Ireland (and then west for the US).
In the UK there are "Dinghy Sailing Magazine" and "Yachts & Yachting". Both provide excellent commentary on small boat current affairs. A: In the US look at SMALL CRAFT ADVISER and MESSING ABOUT IN BOATS.
I guess that depends on which port you intend to disembark on.