Yacht delivery: Kiel to Opua, Bay of Islands

13,098 nautical miles along the usual passage, via Kiel Canal, Elbe estuary, Texel, Strait of Dover, Cherbourg, Ushant, Cape Finisterre, Funchal, Madeira, Mid-Atlantic trade-wind route, South Point, Barbados, The Grenadines, St George's, Grenada, Point Saline, Los Roques, Punta Gallinas, Cartagena, San Blas, Portobelo, Shelter Bay (Colon), Panama Canal, Panama City (La Playita), Taboga, Galápagos, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas, Tuamotus (Ahe), Papeete, Tahiti, Huahine, Bora Bora, Rarotonga, Tongatapu, Cape Brett. Post the delivery on Skippr.it and verified skippers bid on it; your payment waits in escrow until the boat is handed over in Opua, Bay of Islands.

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Distance: 13,098 nm
Under sail at 5 knots: 109.5 days; 2,620 hours non-stop
Under power at 15 knots: 873 h
Best months: April
Open deliveries on this route: 0

Fuel calculator

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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: April. 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, Cherbourg, Ushant, Cape Finisterre, Funchal, Madeira, Mid-Atlantic trade-wind route, South Point, Barbados, The Grenadines, St George's, Grenada, Point Saline, Los Roques, Punta Gallinas, Cartagena, San Blas, Portobelo, Shelter Bay (Colon), Panama Canal, Panama City (La Playita), Taboga, Galápagos, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas, Tuamotus (Ahe), Papeete, Tahiti, Huahine, Bora Bora, Rarotonga, Tongatapu, Cape Brett. Skippers on Skippr.it file a condition report with photos before departure and on arrival; you countersign both.

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Estimated total

€46,870.46 to €110,909.74

13,098 nm, about 1,979 hours under way at 7.1 knots, 128 to 151 days door to door with 2 on board.

Skipper fee 128 to 151 days including weather margin and handover days	€25,600.00 - €60,400.00
Crew 1 crew besides the skipper; mile-builders sail for expenses only	€0.00 - €18,120.00
Fuel about 2,850 litres over 792 engine hours	€4,360.95 - €5,900.10
Berthing 57 nights alongside at 12.0 m	€2,736.00 - €4,788.00
Provisions 2 people	€7,680.00 - €9,060.00
Crew travel flights to HAM and back from KKE, 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	€2,048.00 - €4,832.00
Payment processing 3% of what passes through the escrow	€1,305.51 - €3,089.64

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