Yacht delivery: Rodney Bay, St Lucia to Hong Kong (Aberdeen)

12,023 nautical miles along the usual passage, via Pointe du Cap, Mid-Atlantic trade-wind route, Funchal, Madeira, Strait of Gibraltar, Cabo de Gata, Cabo de Palos, Palma de Mallorca, Cabrera, Egadi Islands, Capo Passero, Port Said, Suez Canal, Gulf of Suez, Ras Mohammed, Hanish Islands, Bab-el-Mandeb, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Uligan, Maldives, Dondra Head, Great Nicobar, Phuket (Chalong), Langkawi, Penang, Malacca Strait, Raffles Light, Singapore, Singapore Strait, Horsburgh Light, South China Sea, Pratas, Lema Channel, East Lamma Channel. Post the delivery on Skippr.it and verified skippers bid on it; your payment waits in escrow until the boat is handed over in Hong Kong (Aberdeen).

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Distance: 12,023 nm
Under sail at 5 knots: 100.5 days; 2,405 hours non-stop
Under power at 15 knots: 802 h
Best months: March to May and November
Open deliveries on this route: 0

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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: March to May and November. The window is set by the hardest stretch of the route, so a Baltic or Biscay leg limits a Mediterranean destination.

Passage notes

Via Pointe du Cap, Mid-Atlantic trade-wind route, Funchal, Madeira, Strait of Gibraltar, Cabo de Gata, Cabo de Palos, Palma de Mallorca, Cabrera, Egadi Islands, Capo Passero, Port Said, Suez Canal, Gulf of Suez, Ras Mohammed, Hanish Islands, Bab-el-Mandeb, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Uligan, Maldives, Dondra Head, Great Nicobar, Phuket (Chalong), Langkawi, Penang, Malacca Strait, Raffles Light, Singapore, Singapore Strait, Horsburgh Light, South China Sea, Pratas, Lema Channel, East Lamma Channel. Skippers on Skippr.it file a condition report with photos before departure and on arrival; you countersign both.

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Estimated total

€42,230.04 to €101,585.11

12,023 nm, about 1,817 hours under way at 7.1 knots, 118 to 139 days door to door with 2 on board.

Skipper fee 118 to 139 days including weather margin and handover days	€23,600.00 - €55,600.00
Crew 1 crew besides the skipper; mile-builders sail for expenses only	€0.00 - €16,680.00
Fuel about 2,616 litres over 727 engine hours	€4,003.03 - €5,415.87
Berthing 53 nights alongside at 12.0 m	€2,544.00 - €4,452.00
Provisions 2 people	€7,080.00 - €8,340.00
Crew travel flights to UVF and back from HKG, plus transfers	€840.00 - €1,520.00
Canal transit Suez Canal: tolls, agent, line handlers and fenders	€1,100.00 - €2,300.00
Skippr.it commission 8% of the skipper fee, paid by the owner	€1,888.00 - €4,448.00
Payment processing 3% of what passes through the escrow	€1,175.01 - €2,829.24

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