Yacht delivery: Nassau to Rodney Bay, St Lucia
1,247 nautical miles along the usual passage, via Eleuthera, San Salvador, Turks and Caicos, Anegada Passage, Anguilla, Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten, St Barthélemy, Basse-Terre, Les Saintes channel, Dominica, Martinique, Diamond Rock. Post the delivery on Skippr.it and verified skippers bid on it; your payment waits in escrow until the boat is handed over in Rodney Bay, St Lucia.
Planning track through open water; not for navigation. Map data by OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Distance
- 1,247 nm
- Under sail at 5 knots
- 10.5 days
- 249 hours non-stop
- Under power at 15 knots
- 83 h
- Best months
- January to April and December
- 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: January to April and December. 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 Eleuthera, San Salvador, Turks and Caicos, Anegada Passage, Anguilla, Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten, St Barthélemy, Basse-Terre, Les Saintes channel, Dominica, Martinique, Diamond Rock. 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
€5,661.63 to €13,536.23
1,247 nm, about 188 hours under way at 7.1 knots, 14 to 17 days door to door with 2 on board.
| Skipper fee 14 to 17 days including weather margin and handover days | €2,800.00 - €6,800.00 |
| Crew 1 crew besides the skipper; mile-builders sail for expenses only | €0.00 - €2,040.00 |
| Fuel about 271 litres over 75 engine hours | €415.25 - €561.82 |
| Berthing 8 nights alongside at 12.0 m | €384.00 - €672.00 |
| Provisions 2 people | €840.00 - €1,020.00 |
| Crew travel flights to NAS and back from UVF, plus transfers | €840.00 - €1,520.00 |
| Skippr.it commission 8% of the skipper fee, paid by the owner | €224.00 - €544.00 |
| Payment processing 3% of what passes through the escrow | €158.38 - €378.41 |
Planning figures, not a quote. Skipper bids on Skippr.it are itemised (fee, advance, expenses) and the service fee is shown before you pay.