Yacht delivery: Kiel to Seattle
9,921 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, Newport Beach, Point Vicente, Point Dume, Santa Barbara Channel, Point Conception, Point Sur, Pigeon Point, San Francisco bar, Point Reyes, Point Arena, Cape Mendocino, Cape Blanco, Columbia River bar, Cape Flattery, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Admiralty Inlet, Point No Point. Post the delivery on Skippr.it and verified skippers bid on it; your payment waits in escrow until the boat is handed over in Seattle.
Planning track through open water; not for navigation. Map data by OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Distance
- 9,921 nm
- Under sail at 5 knots
- 83 days
- 1,984 hours non-stop
- Under power at 15 knots
- 661 h
- Best months
- April to 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: April to 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 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, Newport Beach, Point Vicente, Point Dume, Santa Barbara Channel, Point Conception, Point Sur, Pigeon Point, San Francisco bar, Point Reyes, Point Arena, Cape Mendocino, Cape Blanco, Columbia River bar, Cape Flattery, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Admiralty Inlet, Point No Point. 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
€36,624.29 to €86,282.03
9,921 nm, about 1,499 hours under way at 7.1 knots, 98 to 116 days door to door with 2 on board.
| Skipper fee 98 to 116 days including weather margin and handover days | €19,600.00 - €46,400.00 |
| Crew 1 crew besides the skipper; mile-builders sail for expenses only | €0.00 - €13,920.00 |
| Fuel about 2,159 litres over 600 engine hours | €3,303.23 - €4,469.08 |
| Berthing 44 nights alongside at 12.0 m | €2,112.00 - €3,696.00 |
| Provisions 2 people | €5,880.00 - €6,960.00 |
| Crew travel flights to HAM and back from SEA, 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 | €1,568.00 - €3,712.00 |
| Payment processing 3% of what passes through the escrow | €1,021.06 - €2,404.95 |
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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