Western Med
Antibes → Palma
Riviera to the Balearics
The spring and autumn workhorse. Either a direct overnight leg across the Gulf of Lion, or coastal hops via Port-Vendres for smaller craft. The mistral decides which.
Route index.
European delivery passages with approximate distance, typical duration and the governing constraint on each.
Planning basis PS-01
Figures are indicative, not contractual.
Distances are approximate rhumb-line figures. Actual routing adds miles for weather, traffic separation, fuel stops and bolt-holes. Durations assume a sustainable cruising speed for the vessel class, not a best case. Every quote is worked against the specific vessel and window.
9Routes
indexed
indexed
160–1,900Nautical mile
range
range
2–16Days typical
passage
passage
56Ports in the
network
network
Western Med
Med to UK
Gibraltar → Southampton
Home from the Med
Up the Iberian coast, then the Biscay decision: cross direct on a settled window, or run the French Atlantic coast in legs. Rarely the same passage twice.
North to south
Hamburg → Golfe-Juan
Northern build to her berth
New-build collection from a northern yard, down through the Channel and across Biscay to the Mediterranean, with familiarisation handover on arrival.
Channel
Amsterdam → Poole
Low Countries to the South Coast
Short in miles, demanding in traffic. Crossing the Dover Strait separation scheme and timing the Solent approaches around tide rather than daylight.
Adriatic
Split → Athens
Adriatic to the Aegean
Charter repositioning down the Croatian and Ionian coasts. Sheltered island cruising for much of it, with the bora and the paperwork as the two real variables.
Iberia
Lisbon → Palma
Atlantic Portugal to the Balearics
Round Cape St Vincent, through the Strait against the inflow, then the long Alborán and Spanish coastal legs. Fuel range is usually the planning constraint.
Baltic
Stockholm → Kiel
Baltic repositioning
Archipelago pilotage at the top end, then open Baltic legs. A short season and long summer daylight make this pleasant work if the dates are right.
Tyrrhenian
Genoa → Naples
Ligurian coast to the Bay of Naples
A comfortable Italian coastal delivery with plenty of shelter, frequently run for yard work, seasonal moves and charter starts.
On request
Gibraltar → Las Palmas
Down to the Canaries
The staging leg for an Atlantic season or a winter berth. Quoted individually, and only taken on when the vessel and her preparation genuinely suit it.
Transit log PS-04
Western Mediterranean routings.
Representative passages across the Balearics, the Côte d’Azur and the Gibraltar Strait, with the vessel class and figures each is planned against.
RefRouteVesselDistancePassage
YT-0114
Beaulieu-sur-Mer Palma
Flybridge 62ft
385 nm
2 days
YT-0117
Golfe-Juan Ibiza
Sport flybridge 55ft
375 nm
2 days
YT-0121
Palma Saint-Tropez
Displacement 78ft
320 nm
2 days
YT-0126
Antibes Mahón
Flybridge 68ft
340 nm
2 days
YT-0129
Barcelona Golfe-Juan
Planing 48ft
265 nm
1–2 days
YT-0133
Ibiza Marseille
Flybridge 60ft
300 nm
2 days
YT-0138
Palma Gibraltar
Displacement 85ft
480 nm
3 days
YT-0142
Gibraltar Beaulieu-sur-Mer
Flybridge 72ft
780 nm
4–5 days
Figures are planning estimates for the vessel class shown. Actual routing and duration vary with weather, traffic separation and fuel stops.
What moves the numbers PS-02
Variables governing price.
Distance is the weakest predictor of cost. These six variables govern it.
01
Season
The same passage in June and in November is a different job: different windows, different crew hours, different odds of sitting in port for three days.
02
Cruising speed & range
A semi-displacement hull at 9 knots and a planing hull at 24 plan completely differently — fuel stops, night legs and crew numbers all follow from it.
03
Crew required
Anything with an overnight leg needs a watch rotation. Tonnage, complexity and insurer conditions decide whether that is two aboard or four.
04
Borders & paperwork
A route crossing in and out of EU waters carries clearance work, agents' fees and sometimes a deliberate detour. Better priced in than discovered.
05
Berthing at both ends
An August arrival on the Riviera is a very different berthing proposition to a February one, and occasionally the binding constraint on the whole plan.
06
Condition of the boat
A yacht straight out of winter storage may need a shakedown, a service or a fault put right before she is fit for a long passage. We would rather find that first.
Your route PS-03
Route not listed.
Most contracted deliveries are not standard routes. Submit vessel, ports and window for a worked quotation.