Yacht delivery: Seattle to Phuket (Chalong)
12,676 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, Singapore Strait, Singapore, Raffles Light, Malacca Strait, Penang, Langkawi. Post the delivery on Skippr.it and verified skippers bid on it; your payment waits in escrow until the boat is handed over in Phuket (Chalong).
Planning track through open water; not for navigation. Map data by OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Distance
- 12,676 nm
- Under sail at 5 knots
- 106 days
- 2,535 hours non-stop
- Under power at 15 knots
- 845 h
- Best months
- April to 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.
litres, about EUR
A sailing yacht usually motors a third to a half of the passage.
When to go
Best months for this passage: April to 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, Singapore Strait, Singapore, Raffles Light, Malacca Strait, Penang, Langkawi. 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.
Estimated total
€43,456.14 to €104,814.16
12,676 nm, about 1,916 hours under way at 7.1 knots, 125 to 147 days door to door with 2 on board.
| Skipper fee 125 to 147 days including weather margin and handover days | €25,000.00 - €58,800.00 |
| Crew 1 crew besides the skipper; mile-builders sail for expenses only | €0.00 - €17,640.00 |
| Fuel about 2,759 litres over 766 engine hours | €4,220.68 - €5,710.33 |
| Berthing 56 nights alongside at 12.0 m | €2,688.00 - €4,704.00 |
| Provisions 2 people | €7,500.00 - €8,820.00 |
| Crew travel flights to SEA and back from HKT, plus transfers | €840.00 - €1,520.00 |
| Skippr.it commission 8% of the skipper fee, paid by the owner | €2,000.00 - €4,704.00 |
| Payment processing 3% of what passes through the escrow | €1,207.46 - €2,915.83 |
Planning figures, not a quote. Skipper bids on Skippr.it are itemised (fee, advance, expenses) and the service fee is shown before you pay.
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