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Yacht delivery: Seattle to Shelter Bay (Colon)

4,117 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. Post the delivery on Skippr.it and verified skippers bid on it; your payment waits in escrow until the boat is handed over in Shelter Bay (Colon).

Post this delivery Reverse: Shelter Bay (Colon) to Seattle

Planning track through open water; not for navigation. Map data by OpenStreetMap contributors.

Distance
4,117 nm
Under sail at 5 knots
34.5 days
823 hours non-stop
Under power at 15 knots
274 h
Best months
March to 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.

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 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. 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

€17,554.66 to €39,972.42

4,117 nm, about 622 hours under way at 7.1 knots, 42 to 50 days door to door with 2 on board.

Skipper fee 42 to 50 days including weather margin and handover days €8,400.00 - €20,000.00
Crew 1 crew besides the skipper; mile-builders sail for expenses only €0.00 - €6,000.00
Fuel about 896 litres over 249 engine hours €1,370.93 - €1,854.78
Berthing 20 nights alongside at 12.0 m €960.00 - €1,680.00
Provisions 2 people €2,520.00 - €3,000.00
Crew travel flights to SEA and back from PTY, 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 €672.00 - €1,600.00
Payment processing 3% of what passes through the escrow €491.73 - €1,117.64

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