Yacht delivery: Fremantle (Perth) to Falmouth Harbour, Antigua
12,250 nautical miles along the usual passage, via Cape Naturaliste, Cape Leeuwin, Recherche Archipelago, Great Australian Bight, Kangaroo Island, Cape Otway, Port Phillip Heads, Wilsons Promontory, Gabo Island, Montague Island, Jervis Bay, Sydney Heads, North Cape, Cape Brett, Tongatapu, Rarotonga, Bora Bora, Huahine, Papeete, Tahiti, Tuamotus (Ahe), Nuku Hiva, Marquesas, Galápagos, Taboga, Panama City (La Playita), Panama Canal, Shelter Bay (Colon), Portobelo, San Blas, Cartagena, Punta Gallinas, Los Roques, Point Saline, St George's, Grenada, The Grenadines, St Vincent, Vieux Fort, Rodney Bay, St Lucia, Diamond Rock, Martinique, Dominica, Les Saintes channel, Basse-Terre. Post the delivery on Skippr.it and verified skippers bid on it; your payment waits in escrow until the boat is handed over in Falmouth Harbour, Antigua.
Planning track through open water; not for navigation. Map data by OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Distance
- 12,250 nm
- Under sail at 5 knots
- 102.5 days
- 2,450 hours non-stop
- Under power at 15 knots
- 817 h
- Best months
- April
- 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. 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 Naturaliste, Cape Leeuwin, Recherche Archipelago, Great Australian Bight, Kangaroo Island, Cape Otway, Port Phillip Heads, Wilsons Promontory, Gabo Island, Montague Island, Jervis Bay, Sydney Heads, North Cape, Cape Brett, Tongatapu, Rarotonga, Bora Bora, Huahine, Papeete, Tahiti, Tuamotus (Ahe), Nuku Hiva, Marquesas, Galápagos, Taboga, Panama City (La Playita), Panama Canal, Shelter Bay (Colon), Portobelo, San Blas, Cartagena, Punta Gallinas, Los Roques, Point Saline, St George's, Grenada, The Grenadines, St Vincent, Vieux Fort, Rodney Bay, St Lucia, Diamond Rock, Martinique, Dominica, Les Saintes channel, Basse-Terre. 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
€44,160.88 to €104,592.07
12,250 nm, about 1,851 hours under way at 7.1 knots, 120 to 142 days door to door with 2 on board.
| Skipper fee 120 to 142 days including weather margin and handover days | €24,000.00 - €56,800.00 |
| Crew 1 crew besides the skipper; mile-builders sail for expenses only | €0.00 - €17,040.00 |
| Fuel about 2,666 litres over 740 engine hours | €4,078.56 - €5,518.05 |
| Berthing 54 nights alongside at 12.0 m | €2,592.00 - €4,536.00 |
| Provisions 2 people | €7,200.00 - €8,520.00 |
| Crew travel flights to PER and back from ANU, plus transfers | €840.00 - €1,520.00 |
| 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 | €1,920.00 - €4,544.00 |
| Payment processing 3% of what passes through the escrow | €1,230.32 - €2,914.02 |
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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