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Yacht delivery: Sydney to Phuket (Chalong)

4,879 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. 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).

Post this delivery Reverse: Phuket (Chalong) to Sydney

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

Distance
4,879 nm
Under sail at 5 knots
41 days
976 hours non-stop
Under power at 15 knots
325 h
Best months
January to December
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: January to December. 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. 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

€17,581.90 to €42,324.75

4,879 nm, about 737 hours under way at 7.1 knots, 49 to 58 days door to door with 2 on board.

Skipper fee 49 to 58 days including weather margin and handover days €9,800.00 - €23,200.00
Crew 1 crew besides the skipper; mile-builders sail for expenses only €0.00 - €6,960.00
Fuel about 1,062 litres over 295 engine hours €1,624.64 - €2,198.05
Berthing 23 nights alongside at 12.0 m €1,104.00 - €1,932.00
Provisions 2 people €2,940.00 - €3,480.00
Crew travel flights to SYD and back from HKT, plus transfers €840.00 - €1,520.00
Skippr.it commission 8% of the skipper fee, paid by the owner €784.00 - €1,856.00
Payment processing 3% of what passes through the escrow €489.26 - €1,178.70

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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