Got another response back from Pat G-C – she is so nice! Her advice is CSA over CS&PF due to their stricter standards (no knee-length suits, for example). The purists and I may just have to agree to disagree – I just want to step off of one country and swim to another country.
[2020 Commentary – I realized as I was looking for map pictures for the website that it is possible to swim the Straight of Gibraltar. Boy would that have been a lot easier!]