Yacht delivery: Ensenada to Vancouver
1,328 nautical miles along the usual passage, via Islas de Todos Santos, Coronado Islands, Point Loma, Newport Beach, Point Vicente, Point Dume, Santa Barbara Channel, Point Conception, Point Sur, Pigeon Point, San Francisco bar, Point Reyes, Point Arena, Cape Mendocino, Cape Blanco, Columbia River bar, Cape Flattery, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Haro Strait, Boundary Pass, Strait of Georgia. Post the delivery on Skippr.it and verified skippers bid on it; your payment waits in escrow until the boat is handed over in Vancouver.
Planning track through open water; not for navigation. Map data by OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Distance
- 1,328 nm
- Under sail at 5 knots
- 11.5 days
- 266 hours non-stop
- Under power at 15 knots
- 89 h
- Best months
- March 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: March 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 Islas de Todos Santos, Coronado Islands, Point Loma, Newport Beach, Point Vicente, Point Dume, Santa Barbara Channel, Point Conception, Point Sur, Pigeon Point, San Francisco bar, Point Reyes, Point Arena, Cape Mendocino, Cape Blanco, Columbia River bar, Cape Flattery, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Haro Strait, Boundary Pass, Strait of Georgia. 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
€5,973.37 to €14,832.84
1,328 nm, about 201 hours under way at 7.1 knots, 15 to 19 days door to door with 2 on board.
| Skipper fee 15 to 19 days including weather margin and handover days | €3,000.00 - €7,600.00 |
| Crew 1 crew besides the skipper; mile-builders sail for expenses only | €0.00 - €2,280.00 |
| Fuel about 289 litres over 80 engine hours | €442.38 - €598.52 |
| Berthing 8 nights alongside at 12.0 m | €384.00 - €672.00 |
| Provisions 2 people | €900.00 - €1,140.00 |
| Crew travel flights to TIJ and back from YVR, plus transfers | €840.00 - €1,520.00 |
| Skippr.it commission 8% of the skipper fee, paid by the owner | €240.00 - €608.00 |
| Payment processing 3% of what passes through the escrow | €166.99 - €414.32 |
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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