Yacht delivery: Southampton to Fort Lauderdale
4,094 nautical miles along the usual passage, via The Needles, Start Point, Eddystone, The Lizard, Halifax, Cape Sable, Nantucket Shoals, Brenton Reef, Montauk Point, Ambrose Light, Barnegat, Delaware Bay entrance, Cape Henry, Cape Hatteras, Cape Lookout, Frying Pan Shoals, Charleston, Cape Canaveral, Palm Beach. Post the delivery on Skippr.it and verified skippers bid on it; your payment waits in escrow until the boat is handed over in Fort Lauderdale.
Planning track through open water; not for navigation. Map data by OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Distance
- 4,094 nm
- Under sail at 5 knots
- 34.5 days
- 819 hours non-stop
- Under power at 15 knots
- 273 h
- Best months
- May
- 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: May. 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 The Needles, Start Point, Eddystone, The Lizard, Halifax, Cape Sable, Nantucket Shoals, Brenton Reef, Montauk Point, Ambrose Light, Barnegat, Delaware Bay entrance, Cape Henry, Cape Hatteras, Cape Lookout, Frying Pan Shoals, Charleston, Cape Canaveral, Palm Beach. 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
€15,177.72 to €36,665.69
4,094 nm, about 619 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 891 litres over 247 engine hours | €1,363.22 - €1,844.36 |
| 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 SOU and back from FLL, plus transfers | €840.00 - €1,520.00 |
| 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 | €422.50 - €1,021.33 |
Planning figures, not a quote. Skipper bids on Skippr.it are itemised (fee, advance, expenses) and the service fee is shown before you pay.