Yacht delivery: Rodney Bay, St Lucia to Seattle

5,409 nautical miles along the usual passage, via Vieux Fort, St Vincent, 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.

Post this delivery Reverse: Seattle to Rodney Bay, St Lucia

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Distance: 5,409 nm
Under sail at 5 knots: 45.5 days; 1,082 hours non-stop
Under power at 15 knots: 361 h
Best months: March to April
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: March to April. The window is set by the hardest stretch of the route, so a Baltic or Biscay leg limits a Mediterranean destination.

Passage notes

Via Vieux Fort, St Vincent, 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?

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What will the delivery cost?

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Estimated total

€21,650.41 to €50,445.32

5,409 nm, about 817 hours under way at 7.1 knots, 54 to 65 days door to door with 2 on board.

Skipper fee 54 to 65 days including weather margin and handover days	€10,800.00 - €26,000.00
Crew 1 crew besides the skipper; mile-builders sail for expenses only	€0.00 - €7,800.00
Fuel about 1,177 litres over 327 engine hours	€1,800.98 - €2,436.62
Berthing 25 nights alongside at 12.0 m	€1,200.00 - €2,100.00
Provisions 2 people	€3,240.00 - €3,900.00
Crew travel flights to UVF 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	€864.00 - €2,080.00
Payment processing 3% of what passes through the escrow	€605.43 - €1,408.70

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