Aussie Green plans to kayak to Paris, to 'deliver a message' – could it be "greens go by air"?

Johna Till Johnson:
Johna, I apologize.
It isn’t your stones that I am questioning. I was questioning conflating the risks of English channel crossing in a tiny craft. I apologize for the less than clear wording that would cause you think I was impugning your manhood.
Cripes man, you take kayaks into open water and travel a long distance; that’s plenty of stones for any person.
The risks are not similar; even to your coastal trip. Though a sudden thunderstorm squall line could have you slapped silly just staying upright. An unsettled front, common in the East and Gulf, could have formed a continuous storm front that would keep you slapped silly all day.
Add to that, the English Channel’s currents and tides are a different structure and the eco-mouse’s plan currently has him attempting the English Channel in November, not known for pleasant sailing in the Channel.
Since you have East Coast experience think of the channel like fighting the tidal flow at Barnegat Bay inlet or Indian River inlet.
From Kayarchy.co.uk:

“…The English Channel is shaped like a long funnel, more than 100 miles (160 km) wide at the Atlantic end, but only 22 miles (35 km) wide at the eastern end which is known as the Dover straits.
The sample page shows tidal flows four hours before the time of local high water in Dover. As the flood tide enters the wide end of the funnel it starts by creating quite a gentle current, seldom reaching 2 knots. As the funnel gets narrower, every major headland that sticks out into the current causes it to speed up locally even in deep water. Where the water is relatively shallow, the tidal stream speeds up beyond 3 knots and becomes turbulent. Hence the tide races at Lands End, Dodman Point near Falmouth, Start Point (photo on next page) and Portland Bill. There are fast currents off St Catherine’s Point on the Isle of Wight, but for really fast currents you have to cross the Channel.
Fastest currents in English Channel This graphic shows some of the same information as a tidal stream atlas.
The headlands that stick out furthest into the current are on the French side, and the most prominent is the Cap de la Hague on the end of the Cotentin peninsula. Just offshore, tidal streams flow at up to 12 knots in the Race of Alderney (Raz Blanchard). The Channel Islands are just to the south-west. A little further south and west are the two main headlands at the tip of Brittany, where strong tidal streams often create hazardous sea conditions in the Raz de Sein, which is between the Pointe du Raz and the Isle de Sein, and near the Ile d’Ouessant which was known to British sailors as Ushant. There is some very good kayaking in both places, but you need to get the tides right.
We might expect tidal streams in the straits of Dover to be particularly fast because this is the narrow end of the funnel where the flood tide has to squeeze through a gap, and the vertical tidal range at Dover during spring tides can be 5 metres. The current does indeed often run at 2 or 3 knots, and kayaking against that is slow and difficult. When a moderate wind blows in the opposite direction to a strong current it creates steep, choppy waves…”

Good luck in your travels Johna.