Yacht delivery: Port Denarau, Fiji to Phuket (Chalong)
5,864 nautical miles along the usual passage, via Navula Passage, Havannah Pass, Noumea, Dumbéa Pass, 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, Singapore Strait, Singapore, Raffles Light, Malacca Strait, Penang, Langkawi. Post the delivery on Skippr.it and verified skippers bid on it; your payment waits in escrow until the boat is handed over in Phuket (Chalong).
Planning track through open water; not for navigation. Map data by OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Distance
- 5,864 nm
- Under sail at 5 knots
- 49 days
- 1,173 hours non-stop
- Under power at 15 knots
- 391 h
- Best months
- April to November
- 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: April to November. 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 Navula Passage, Havannah Pass, Noumea, Dumbéa Pass, 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, Singapore Strait, Singapore, Raffles Light, Malacca Strait, Penang, Langkawi. 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
€20,955.51 to €50,680.71
5,864 nm, about 886 hours under way at 7.1 knots, 59 to 70 days door to door with 2 on board.
| Skipper fee 59 to 70 days including weather margin and handover days | €11,800.00 - €28,000.00 |
| Crew 1 crew besides the skipper; mile-builders sail for expenses only | €0.00 - €8,400.00 |
| Fuel about 1,276 litres over 355 engine hours | €1,952.65 - €2,641.82 |
| Berthing 27 nights alongside at 12.0 m | €1,296.00 - €2,268.00 |
| Provisions 2 people | €3,540.00 - €4,200.00 |
| Crew travel flights to NAN and back from HKT, plus transfers | €840.00 - €1,520.00 |
| Skippr.it commission 8% of the skipper fee, paid by the owner | €944.00 - €2,240.00 |
| Payment processing 3% of what passes through the escrow | €582.86 - €1,410.89 |
Planning figures, not a quote. Skipper bids on Skippr.it are itemised (fee, advance, expenses) and the service fee is shown before you pay.
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