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Yacht delivery: Seattle to Hong Kong (Aberdeen)

13,522 nautical miles along the usual passage, via Point No Point, Admiralty Inlet, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Cape Flattery, Makapuu Point, Diamond Head, Papeete, Tahiti, Huahine, Bora Bora, Rarotonga, Tongatapu, Kadavu, Navula Passage, Havannah Pass, Noumea, Dumbéa Pass, Cape Moreton, Breaksea Spit, Capricorn Channel, Whitsunday Passage, Airlie Beach (Whitsundays), Gloucester Passage, Cape Upstart, Cairns, Lizard Island, Cape Melville, Cape Grenville, Albany Passage, Torres Strait, Cape Wessel, Cape Don, Cape Hotham, Charles Point, Sumba, Lombok Strait, Java Sea, Karimata 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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Planning track through open water; not for navigation. Map data by OpenStreetMap contributors.

Distance
13,522 nm
Under sail at 5 knots
113 days
2,704 hours non-stop
Under power at 15 knots
901 h
Best months
April to June and 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.

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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: April to June and 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 Point No Point, Admiralty Inlet, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Cape Flattery, Makapuu Point, Diamond Head, Papeete, Tahiti, Huahine, Bora Bora, Rarotonga, Tongatapu, Kadavu, Navula Passage, Havannah Pass, Noumea, Dumbéa Pass, Cape Moreton, Breaksea Spit, Capricorn Channel, Whitsunday Passage, Airlie Beach (Whitsundays), Gloucester Passage, Cape Upstart, Cairns, Lizard Island, Cape Melville, Cape Grenville, Albany Passage, Torres Strait, Cape Wessel, Cape Don, Cape Hotham, Charles Point, Sumba, Lombok Strait, Java Sea, Karimata 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.

What will it cost?

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What will the delivery cost?

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Estimated total

€46,164.76 to €111,130.54

13,522 nm, about 2,043 hours under way at 7.1 knots, 133 to 156 days door to door with 2 on board.

Skipper fee 133 to 156 days including weather margin and handover days €26,600.00 - €62,400.00
Crew 1 crew besides the skipper; mile-builders sail for expenses only €0.00 - €18,720.00
Fuel about 2,943 litres over 817 engine hours €4,502.14 - €6,091.13
Berthing 59 nights alongside at 12.0 m €2,832.00 - €4,956.00
Provisions 2 people €7,980.00 - €9,360.00
Crew travel flights to SEA and back from HKG, plus transfers €840.00 - €1,520.00
Skippr.it commission 8% of the skipper fee, paid by the owner €2,128.00 - €4,992.00
Payment processing 3% of what passes through the escrow €1,282.62 - €3,091.41

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