I first learnt boat maintenance in La Ciotat France and worked there on fiberglass and composite material on superyatchs.
Then a fixed and prepared for offshore navigation à gibsea 107 (37 feet).
A solo sailed it from French coast to corsica, sardaigna, baleares, andalusia, Gibraltar and Canaries Island. There I met my boy friend, also a captain, we sailed to capo Verde and eventually crossed Atlantic to caribe. We worked in martinica and came back to Canaries islands. Them sailed back to ibiza though Gibraltar again.
A lot of nautical miles !