Yacht delivery: Fort Lauderdale to Kiel
4,602 nautical miles along the usual passage, via Palm Beach, Cape Canaveral, Charleston, Frying Pan Shoals, Cape Lookout, Cape Hatteras, Cape Henry, Delaware Bay entrance, Barnegat, Ambrose Light, Montauk Point, Brenton Reef, Nantucket Shoals, Cape Sable, Halifax, The Lizard, Eddystone, Start Point, The Needles, Hurst Narrows, Cowes, Isle of Wight, Nab Tower, Beachy Head, Strait of Dover, Texel, Elbe estuary, Kiel Canal. Post the delivery on Skippr.it and verified skippers bid on it; your payment waits in escrow until the boat is handed over in Kiel.
Planning track through open water; not for navigation. Map data by OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Distance
- 4,602 nm
- Under sail at 5 knots
- 38.5 days
- 920 hours non-stop
- Under power at 15 knots
- 307 h
- Best months
- May
- 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: May. 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 Palm Beach, Cape Canaveral, Charleston, Frying Pan Shoals, Cape Lookout, Cape Hatteras, Cape Henry, Delaware Bay entrance, Barnegat, Ambrose Light, Montauk Point, Brenton Reef, Nantucket Shoals, Cape Sable, Halifax, The Lizard, Eddystone, Start Point, The Needles, Hurst Narrows, Cowes, Isle of Wight, Nab Tower, Beachy Head, Strait of Dover, Texel, Elbe estuary, Kiel Canal. 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
€16,586.12 to €40,221.58
4,602 nm, about 696 hours under way at 7.1 knots, 46 to 55 days door to door with 2 on board.
| Skipper fee 46 to 55 days including weather margin and handover days | €9,200.00 - €22,000.00 |
| Crew 1 crew besides the skipper; mile-builders sail for expenses only | €0.00 - €6,600.00 |
| Fuel about 1,002 litres over 278 engine hours | €1,532.47 - €2,073.34 |
| Berthing 22 nights alongside at 12.0 m | €1,056.00 - €1,848.00 |
| Provisions 2 people | €2,760.00 - €3,300.00 |
| Crew travel flights to FLL and back from HAM, plus transfers | €840.00 - €1,520.00 |
| Skippr.it commission 8% of the skipper fee, paid by the owner | €736.00 - €1,760.00 |
| Payment processing 3% of what passes through the escrow | €461.65 - €1,120.24 |
Planning figures, not a quote. Skipper bids on Skippr.it are itemised (fee, advance, expenses) and the service fee is shown before you pay.