Yacht delivery: Brisbane (Manly) to Hong Kong (Aberdeen)
5,298 nautical miles along the usual passage, via Cape Moreton, Breaksea Spit, Capricorn Channel, Whitsunday Passage, Airlie Beach (Whitsundays), Gloucester Passage, Cape Upstart, Cairns, Lizard Island, Cape Melville, Cape Grenville, Albany Passage, Torres Strait, Cape Wessel, Cape Don, Cape Hotham, Charles Point, Sumba, Lombok Strait, Java Sea, Karimata Strait, Horsburgh Light, South China Sea, Pratas, Lema Channel, East Lamma Channel. Post the delivery on Skippr.it and verified skippers bid on it; your payment waits in escrow until the boat is handed over in Hong Kong (Aberdeen).
Planning track through open water; not for navigation. Map data by OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Distance
- 5,298 nm
- Under sail at 5 knots
- 44.5 days
- 1,060 hours non-stop
- Under power at 15 knots
- 353 h
- Best months
- January to June and October to December
- Open deliveries on this route
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Fuel calculator
Litres and cost if the whole passage is motored at 15 knots. Set your engine's burn at cruising revs.
litres, about EUR
A sailing yacht usually motors a third to a half of the passage.
When to go
Best months for this passage: January to June and October to December. The window is set by the hardest stretch of the route, so a Baltic or Biscay leg limits a Mediterranean destination.
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Passage notes
Via Cape Moreton, Breaksea Spit, Capricorn Channel, Whitsunday Passage, Airlie Beach (Whitsundays), Gloucester Passage, Cape Upstart, Cairns, Lizard Island, Cape Melville, Cape Grenville, Albany Passage, Torres Strait, Cape Wessel, Cape Don, Cape Hotham, Charles Point, Sumba, Lombok Strait, Java Sea, Karimata Strait, Horsburgh Light, South China Sea, Pratas, Lema Channel, East Lamma Channel. Skippers on Skippr.it file a condition report with photos before departure and on arrival; you countersign both.
What will it cost?
Full estimate for this route: skipper and crew fees, fuel, berthing, provisions and crew travel.
Estimated total
€18,959.51 to €45,838.97
5,298 nm, about 801 hours under way at 7.1 knots, 53 to 63 days door to door with 2 on board.
| Skipper fee 53 to 63 days including weather margin and handover days | €10,600.00 - €25,200.00 |
| Crew 1 crew besides the skipper; mile-builders sail for expenses only | €0.00 - €7,560.00 |
| Fuel about 1,153 litres over 320 engine hours | €1,763.99 - €2,386.57 |
| Berthing 25 nights alongside at 12.0 m | €1,200.00 - €2,100.00 |
| Provisions 2 people | €3,180.00 - €3,780.00 |
| Crew travel flights to BNE and back from HKG, plus transfers | €840.00 - €1,520.00 |
| Skippr.it commission 8% of the skipper fee, paid by the owner | €848.00 - €2,016.00 |
| Payment processing 3% of what passes through the escrow | €527.52 - €1,276.40 |
Planning figures, not a quote. Skipper bids on Skippr.it are itemised (fee, advance, expenses) and the service fee is shown before you pay.