Yacht delivery: Horta, Azores to Helsinki
2,503 nautical miles along the usual passage, via Ushant, Cherbourg, Strait of Dover, Texel, Elbe estuary, Kiel Canal, Kiel, Kiel lighthouse, Fehmarn Belt, Kap Arkona, Sandhammaren, Utklippan, Ölands södra udde, Visby, Gotland, Hanko, Porkkala. Post the delivery on Skippr and verified skippers bid on it; your payment waits in escrow until the boat is handed over in Helsinki.
Planning track through open water; not for navigation. Map data by OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Distance
- 2,503 nm
- Under sail at 5 knots
- 21 days
- 501 hours non-stop
- Under power at 15 knots
- 167 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 Ushant, Cherbourg, Strait of Dover, Texel, Elbe estuary, Kiel Canal, Kiel, Kiel lighthouse, Fehmarn Belt, Kap Arkona, Sandhammaren, Utklippan, Ölands södra udde, Visby, Gotland, Hanko, Porkkala. Skippers on Skippr 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
€10,057.59 to €23,779.80
2,503 nm, about 378 hours under way at 7.1 knots, 27 to 32 days door to door with 2 on board.
| Skipper fee 27 to 32 days including weather margin and handover days | €5,400.00 - €12,800.00 |
| Crew 1 crew besides the skipper; mile-builders sail for expenses only | €0.00 - €3,840.00 |
| Fuel about 545 litres over 151 engine hours | €833.59 - €1,127.80 |
| Berthing 13 nights alongside at 12.0 m | €624.00 - €1,092.00 |
| Provisions 2 people | €1,620.00 - €1,920.00 |
| Crew travel flights to HOR and back from HEL, plus transfers | €1,040.00 - €1,720.00 |
| Skippr service fee 10% of the skipper fee, paid by the owner | €540.00 - €1,280.00 |
Planning figures, not a quote. Skipper bids on Skippr are itemised (fee, advance, expenses) and the service fee is shown before you pay.