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Yacht delivery: Sydney to Las Palmas, Gran Canaria

12,193 nautical miles along the usual passage, via Sydney Heads, Port Stephens, Coffs Harbour, Cape Byron, Gold Coast, 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, Phuket (Chalong), Great Nicobar, Dondra Head, Uligan, Maldives, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, Bab-el-Mandeb, Hanish Islands, Ras Mohammed, Gulf of Suez, Suez Canal, Port Said, Capo Passero, Egadi Islands, Cabrera, Palma de Mallorca, Cabo de Palos, Cabo de Gata, Strait of Gibraltar. Post the delivery on Skippr.it and verified skippers bid on it; your payment waits in escrow until the boat is handed over in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria.

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

Distance
12,193 nm
Under sail at 5 knots
102 days
2,439 hours non-stop
Under power at 15 knots
813 h
Best months
March to May and October to November
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 May and October to November. 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 Sydney Heads, Port Stephens, Coffs Harbour, Cape Byron, Gold Coast, 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, Phuket (Chalong), Great Nicobar, Dondra Head, Uligan, Maldives, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, Bab-el-Mandeb, Hanish Islands, Ras Mohammed, Gulf of Suez, Suez Canal, Port Said, Capo Passero, Egadi Islands, Cabrera, Palma de Mallorca, Cabo de Palos, Cabo de Gata, Strait of Gibraltar. 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

€43,111.51 to €103,844.87

12,193 nm, about 1,843 hours under way at 7.1 knots, 120 to 142 days door to door with 2 on board.

Skipper fee 120 to 142 days including weather margin and handover days €24,000.00 - €56,800.00
Crew 1 crew besides the skipper; mile-builders sail for expenses only €0.00 - €17,040.00
Fuel about 2,653 litres over 737 engine hours €4,059.76 - €5,492.61
Berthing 54 nights alongside at 12.0 m €2,592.00 - €4,536.00
Provisions 2 people €7,200.00 - €8,520.00
Crew travel flights to SYD and back from LPA, plus transfers €1,040.00 - €1,720.00
Canal transit Suez Canal: tolls, agent, line handlers and fenders €1,100.00 - €2,300.00
Skippr.it commission 8% of the skipper fee, paid by the owner €1,920.00 - €4,544.00
Payment processing 3% of what passes through the escrow €1,199.75 - €2,892.26

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