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Yacht delivery: Seattle to Nassau

5,561 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, Cabo Gracias a Dios, Isla Mujeres (Cancun), Key West, Sombrero Key, Alligator Reef, Fowey Rocks, Gun Cay, Northwest 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 Nassau.

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Distance
5,561 nm
Under sail at 5 knots
46.5 days
1,112 hours non-stop
Under power at 15 knots
371 h
Best months
April
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. 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, Cabo Gracias a Dios, Isla Mujeres (Cancun), Key West, Sombrero Key, Alligator Reef, Fowey Rocks, Gun Cay, Northwest 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

€22,319.53 to €51,231.69

5,561 nm, about 840 hours under way at 7.1 knots, 56 to 66 days door to door with 2 on board.

Skipper fee 56 to 66 days including weather margin and handover days €11,200.00 - €26,400.00
Crew 1 crew besides the skipper; mile-builders sail for expenses only €0.00 - €7,920.00
Fuel about 1,210 litres over 336 engine hours €1,851.54 - €2,505.02
Berthing 26 nights alongside at 12.0 m €1,248.00 - €2,184.00
Provisions 2 people €3,360.00 - €3,960.00
Crew travel flights to SEA and back from NAS, 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 €896.00 - €2,112.00
Payment processing 3% of what passes through the escrow €623.99 - €1,430.67

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