Yacht delivery: Kiel to San Diego

8,689 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, Punta Mala, Punta Burica, Cabo Blanco, Gulf of Tehuantepec, Acapulco, Manzanillo, Cabo Corrientes, Cabo San Lucas, Cabo San Lázaro, Punta Eugenia, Cedros, Punta Baja, Islas de Todos Santos, Coronado Islands, Point Loma. Post the delivery on Skippr.it and verified skippers bid on it; your payment waits in escrow until the boat is handed over in San Diego.

Post this delivery Reverse: San Diego to Kiel

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Distance: 8,689 nm
Under sail at 5 knots: 72.5 days; 1,738 hours non-stop
Under power at 15 knots: 579 h
Best months: April to May
Open deliveries on this route: 0

Fuel calculator

Litres and cost if the whole passage is motored at 15 knots. Set your engine's burn at cruising revs.

Fuel burn l/h Diesel price EUR/l

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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 to 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, 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, Punta Mala, Punta Burica, Cabo Blanco, Gulf of Tehuantepec, Acapulco, Manzanillo, Cabo Corrientes, Cabo San Lucas, Cabo San Lázaro, Punta Eugenia, Cedros, Punta Baja, Islas de Todos Santos, Coronado Islands, Point Loma. Skippers on Skippr.it file a condition report with photos before departure and on arrival; you countersign both.

What will it cost?

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What will the delivery cost?

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Estimated total

€32,265.38 to €75,837.07

8,689 nm, about 1,313 hours under way at 7.1 knots, 85 to 101 days door to door with 2 on board.

Skipper fee 85 to 101 days including weather margin and handover days	€17,000.00 - €40,400.00
Crew 1 crew besides the skipper; mile-builders sail for expenses only	€0.00 - €12,120.00
Fuel about 1,891 litres over 525 engine hours	€2,893.22 - €3,914.36
Berthing 39 nights alongside at 12.0 m	€1,872.00 - €3,276.00
Provisions 2 people	€5,100.00 - €6,060.00
Crew travel flights to HAM and back from SAN, 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	€1,360.00 - €3,232.00
Payment processing 3% of what passes through the escrow	€900.16 - €2,114.71

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