Yacht delivery: Port Denarau, Fiji to Horta, Azores

10,848 nautical miles along the usual passage, via Navula Passage, Kadavu, Tongatapu, Rarotonga, Bora Bora, Huahine, Papeete, Tahiti, Tuamotus (Ahe), Nuku Hiva, Marquesas, Galápagos, Taboga, Panama City (La Playita), Panama Canal, Shelter Bay (Colon), Portobelo, Cabo Gracias a Dios, Isla Mujeres (Cancun), Key West, Sombrero Key, Alligator Reef, Fowey Rocks, Gun Cay, Northwest Channel, Nassau, Eleuthera, St George's, Bermuda. Post the delivery on Skippr.it and verified skippers bid on it; your payment waits in escrow until the boat is handed over in Horta, Azores.

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Distance: 10,848 nm
Under sail at 5 knots: 90.5 days; 2,170 hours non-stop
Under power at 15 knots: 723 h
Best months: April to May
Open deliveries on this route: 0

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A sailing yacht usually motors a third to a half of the passage.

When to go

Best months for this passage: April to May. The window is set by the hardest stretch of the route, so a Baltic or Biscay leg limits a Mediterranean destination.

Passage notes

Via Navula Passage, Kadavu, Tongatapu, Rarotonga, Bora Bora, Huahine, Papeete, Tahiti, Tuamotus (Ahe), Nuku Hiva, Marquesas, Galápagos, Taboga, Panama City (La Playita), Panama Canal, Shelter Bay (Colon), Portobelo, Cabo Gracias a Dios, Isla Mujeres (Cancun), Key West, Sombrero Key, Alligator Reef, Fowey Rocks, Gun Cay, Northwest Channel, Nassau, Eleuthera, St George's, Bermuda. Skippers on Skippr.it file a condition report with photos before departure and on arrival; you countersign both.

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Estimated total

€39,900.09 to €94,187.54

10,848 nm, about 1,639 hours under way at 7.1 knots, 107 to 127 days door to door with 2 on board.

Skipper fee 107 to 127 days including weather margin and handover days	€21,400.00 - €50,800.00
Crew 1 crew besides the skipper; mile-builders sail for expenses only	€0.00 - €15,240.00
Fuel about 2,361 litres over 656 engine hours	€3,611.82 - €4,886.58
Berthing 48 nights alongside at 12.0 m	€2,304.00 - €4,032.00
Provisions 2 people	€6,420.00 - €7,620.00
Crew travel flights to NAN and back from HOR, plus transfers	€1,040.00 - €1,720.00
Canal transit Panama Canal: tolls, agent, line handlers and fenders	€2,300.00 - €3,200.00
Skippr.it commission 8% of the skipper fee, paid by the owner	€1,712.00 - €4,064.00
Payment processing 3% of what passes through the escrow	€1,112.27 - €2,624.96

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