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Yacht delivery: Seattle to Gibraltar

8,746 nautical miles along the usual passage, via Point No Point, Admiralty Inlet, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Cape Flattery, Columbia River bar, Cape Blanco, Cape Mendocino, Point Arena, Point Reyes, San Francisco bar, Pigeon Point, Point Sur, Point Conception, Santa Barbara Channel, Point Dume, Point Vicente, Newport Beach, Point Loma, Coronado Islands, Islas de Todos Santos, Punta Baja, Cedros, Punta Eugenia, Cabo San Lázaro, Cabo San Lucas, Cabo Corrientes, Manzanillo, Acapulco, Gulf of Tehuantepec, Cabo Blanco, Punta Burica, Punta Mala, Taboga, Panama City (La Playita), Panama Canal, Shelter Bay (Colon), Portobelo, San Blas, Cartagena, Punta Gallinas, Los Roques, Point Saline, St George's, Grenada, The Grenadines, South Point, Barbados, Mid-Atlantic trade-wind route, Funchal, Madeira, Strait of Gibraltar. Post the delivery on Skippr.it and verified skippers bid on it; your payment waits in escrow until the boat is handed over in Gibraltar.

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Distance
8,746 nm
Under sail at 5 knots
73 days
1,749 hours non-stop
Under power at 15 knots
583 h
Best months
March to May and November
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: 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.

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Passage notes

Via Point No Point, Admiralty Inlet, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Cape Flattery, Columbia River bar, Cape Blanco, Cape Mendocino, Point Arena, Point Reyes, San Francisco bar, Pigeon Point, Point Sur, Point Conception, Santa Barbara Channel, Point Dume, Point Vicente, Newport Beach, Point Loma, Coronado Islands, Islas de Todos Santos, Punta Baja, Cedros, Punta Eugenia, Cabo San Lázaro, Cabo San Lucas, Cabo Corrientes, Manzanillo, Acapulco, Gulf of Tehuantepec, Cabo Blanco, Punta Burica, Punta Mala, Taboga, Panama City (La Playita), Panama Canal, Shelter Bay (Colon), Portobelo, San Blas, Cartagena, Punta Gallinas, Los Roques, Point Saline, St George's, Grenada, The Grenadines, South Point, Barbados, Mid-Atlantic trade-wind route, Funchal, Madeira, Strait of Gibraltar. 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

€32,852.34 to €76,492.67

8,746 nm, about 1,322 hours under way at 7.1 knots, 87 to 102 days door to door with 2 on board.

Skipper fee 87 to 102 days including weather margin and handover days €17,400.00 - €40,800.00
Crew 1 crew besides the skipper; mile-builders sail for expenses only €0.00 - €12,240.00
Fuel about 1,903 litres over 529 engine hours €2,912.02 - €3,939.80
Berthing 39 nights alongside at 12.0 m €1,872.00 - €3,276.00
Provisions 2 people €5,220.00 - €6,120.00
Crew travel flights to SEA and back from GIB, 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 €1,392.00 - €3,264.00
Payment processing 3% of what passes through the escrow €916.32 - €2,132.87

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