This is what I do, start career at Wilhelmshaven and just go north of England. I do not use the channel at all. I wait until Breast is in Axis hands or any of the others along the French coast. I then switch to one of these. The channel, man, is like a bad moon rising. Although you might get through unscathed once, there is no guarantee you will do it again thus ending what could have been an awesome career. Stay away.
