Yacht delivery: Kiel to Fort Lauderdale

4,602 nautical miles along the usual passage, via Kiel Canal, Elbe estuary, Texel, Strait of Dover, Beachy Head, Nab Tower, Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hurst Narrows, The Needles, Start Point, Eddystone, The Lizard, Halifax, Cape Sable, Nantucket Shoals, Brenton Reef, Montauk Point, Ambrose Light, Barnegat, Delaware Bay entrance, Cape Henry, Cape Hatteras, Cape Lookout, Frying Pan Shoals, Charleston, Cape Canaveral, Palm Beach. Post the delivery on Skippr.it and verified skippers bid on it; your payment waits in escrow until the boat is handed over in Fort Lauderdale.

Post this delivery Reverse: Fort Lauderdale to Kiel

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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: 0

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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.

Passage notes

Via Kiel Canal, Elbe estuary, Texel, Strait of Dover, Beachy Head, Nab Tower, Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hurst Narrows, The Needles, Start Point, Eddystone, The Lizard, Halifax, Cape Sable, Nantucket Shoals, Brenton Reef, Montauk Point, Ambrose Light, Barnegat, Delaware Bay entrance, Cape Henry, Cape Hatteras, Cape Lookout, Frying Pan Shoals, Charleston, Cape Canaveral, Palm Beach. Skippers on Skippr.it file a condition report with photos before departure and on arrival; you countersign both.

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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 HAM and back from FLL, 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

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