Boat delivery from Marseille: your price in 30 seconds

These prices include the delivery and the skipper. Options (second crew member, meals, preparation day) and actual costs (fuel, ports, skipper’s travel) are added according to your choices: the simulator details them line by line, and we are open to discussion for a new boat, a seasonal round trip or several boats.

How we measure the distance of your boat delivery

The price of a boat delivery depends first on one figure: the distance. We do not take it as the crow flies. Each route follows a safe route calculated on the real relief of the seabed, using SHOM bathymetric models for the French coasts and Corsica, EMODnet for the rest of Europe and GEBCO offshore. The Mediterranean and the Atlantic coast are divided into cells of about 550 metres, and each cell keeps the shallowest depth measured: a single rock head is enough to close a passage.

Four rules for a safe route

• Beyond the 10-metre isobath: the route keeps at least 10 metres of water under the hull, except in harbour access channels.
• At least 1 mile from coasts and islands, except when approaching the departure and arrival ports.
• 3 miles off exposed headlands, where the sea builds and the current accelerates, such as Cap Sicié, Cap Camarat or Cap Corse.
• Through recognised passages, more than 10 metres deep, when they shorten the route safely.

On this grid, an algorithm finds the shortest path that respects all these rules, then smooths it and measures it to a tenth of a mile on the Earth’s sphere. The 8,001 combinations between our 127 ports were calculated in this way; you will find them on our port-to-port distance calculator, with the route animated on the map.

From route miles to miles charged

A quay-to-quay route does not count everything: leaving port, getting under way, waiting for a bridge or a lock, approaching and berthing on arrival. We therefore add 2% to the route distance, and it is this total, rounded to the mile, that is charged at €4 per mile, with a minimum of €350. From Port Corbières to Ajaccio, for example: 186.4 route miles + 2% = 190 miles charged, i.e. €760. To Saint-Tropez, 89.6 route miles give 91 miles charged, i.e. €364; to Palma, 291.4 miles give €1,188.

A margin on time, never on price

The duration shown by the simulator adds 15% to the time at sea to allow for headwinds, rough seas and manoeuvres: this is standard practice among professional skippers. This margin is used to plan meals, the second crew member and your dates, but it does not change the price of the delivery, which is calculated on the miles charged. Distances remain planning estimates: on the day of departure, the skipper navigates on up-to-date official charts and adapts the route to the weather.

Before each departure, the boat is checked: safety equipment, engine, rigging, power, bilge pumps and navigation lights. Forecasts are followed on Météo-France marine and charts are kept up to date with SHOM notices to mariners. The skipper may postpone departure if safety requires it: a successful delivery is above all an uneventful one.

Documents and insurance

Provide the boat’s registration document, an insurance certificate covering navigation with a professional skipper in the planned area, and the list of safety equipment. A 50% deposit by bank transfer secures the skipper’s date; the balance and actual costs are invoiced on arrival, on receipts.