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Yacht delivery: Melbourne to Cairns

1,792 nautical miles along the usual passage, via Port Phillip Heads, Wilsons Promontory, Gabo Island, Montague Island, Jervis Bay, Sydney Heads, Port Stephens, Coffs Harbour, Cape Byron, Gold Coast, Cape Moreton, Breaksea Spit, Capricorn Channel, Whitsunday Passage, Airlie Beach (Whitsundays), Gloucester Passage, Cape Upstart. Post the delivery on Skippr.it and verified skippers bid on it; your payment waits in escrow until the boat is handed over in Cairns.

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Planning track through open water; not for navigation. Map data by OpenStreetMap contributors.

Distance
1,792 nm
Under sail at 5 knots
15 days
358 hours non-stop
Under power at 15 knots
119 h
Best months
April to October
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 October. 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 Port Phillip Heads, Wilsons Promontory, Gabo Island, Montague Island, Jervis Bay, Sydney Heads, Port Stephens, Coffs Harbour, Cape Byron, Gold Coast, Cape Moreton, Breaksea Spit, Capricorn Channel, Whitsunday Passage, Airlie Beach (Whitsundays), Gloucester Passage, Cape Upstart. 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.

What will the delivery cost?

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Estimated total

€7,650.33 to €18,368.10

1,792 nm, about 271 hours under way at 7.1 knots, 20 to 24 days door to door with 2 on board.

Skipper fee 20 to 24 days including weather margin and handover days €4,000.00 - €9,600.00
Crew 1 crew besides the skipper; mile-builders sail for expenses only €0.00 - €2,880.00
Fuel about 390 litres over 108 engine hours €596.83 - €807.48
Berthing 10 nights alongside at 12.0 m €480.00 - €840.00
Provisions 2 people €1,200.00 - €1,440.00
Crew travel flights to MEL and back from CNS, plus transfers €840.00 - €1,520.00
Skippr.it commission 8% of the skipper fee, paid by the owner €320.00 - €768.00
Payment processing 3% of what passes through the escrow €213.50 - €512.62

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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