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Franklin, Tasmania
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Strynø, Denmark
Welcome
We welcome you on board Yukon, the traditional danish build sailing ketch.
We sail in harmony with the wind and the waves, all on board can get involved with the daily routine of a sailing vessel or you simply sit back and relax.
As the elements gradually begin to work their magic, one cannot help but be enchanted by the sensation of a ship under sail at sea.
Come sail with us!
Sail Plan- Overview
Franklin, Tasmania to Strynø, Denmark
YUKON’S VOYAGE PLAN 2022 – 2023 | ||||
VOYAGE LEGS | EMBARK | DISEMBARK | MILES | NIGHTS ON BOARD |
AUSTRALIAN EAST COAST VOYAGE | ||||
1. Franklin – Sydney | Tue 21st June | Mon 4th July | 700 | 13 |
2. Sydney – Bundaberg | Wed 6th July | Mon 18th July | 570 | 12 |
3. Bundaberg – Airlie Beach | Tue 19th July | Sat 30th July | 380 | 11 |
4. Airlie Beach – Cairns | Mon 1st Aug | Sat 13th Aug | 300 | 12 |
5. Cairns – Thursday Island | Tue 16th Aug | Sun 28th Aug | 470 | 12 |
6. Thursday Island – Darwin | Tue 30th Aug | Thu 15th Sept | 950 | 16 |
WORLDWIDE: DARWIN, AUSTRALIA – STRYNØ, DENMARK | ||||
7. Darwin – Kupang | Mon 19th Sept | Sat 1st Oct | 480 | 12 |
8. Kupang – Kumai | Mon 3rd Oct | Wed 19th Oct | 860 | 16 |
9. Kumai – Singapore | Fri 21st Oct | Sun 6th Nov | 600 | 16 |
10. Singapore – Georgetown | Wed 9th Nov | Thu 1st Dec | 350 | 22 |
11. Georgetown – Cochin | Sun 4th Dec | Sat 7th Jan | 1582 | 34 |
12. Cochin – Djibouti | Tue 24th Jan | Mon 27th Feb | 1936 | 34 |
13. Djibouti – Karpathos | Sat 4th Mar | Sat 22nd Apr | 1770 | 49 |
14. Karpathos – Palma | Tue 25th Apr | Tue 30th May | 1390 | 35 |
15. Palma – Douarnene | Sat 3rd Jun | Tue 27th Jun | 1385 | 24 |
16. Douarnenez – Strynø | Wed 28th June | Thu 20th Jul | 780 | 22 |
Total Sea miles Approx | 14,493 | |||
Yukon 2022-2023 detailed voyage plan.
We intend sailing back to Denmark departing Franklin Tas on the 22nd of June 2022 arriving at our home island of Strynø in Denmark on the 19th of July 2023.
Legs number 1 to 6 on the Australian East Coast between Franklin and Darwin will be open to book for passengers.
Yukon will be operating under Australian 2 C survey (up to 30 miles to seaward of the Australian coast)
The following legs numbers 6 to16 between Darwin and Denmark will be open for voyage crew only.
Yukon will be operating as a non-commercial vessel and voyage crew will be vetted through application and required to contribute to the operational costs of the vessel for the time, they chose to make passage with us.
The timing of the voyage is specifically planned to avoid the Cyclone season in the southern hemisphere in the waters north of the Australian mainland which officially runs between the 15th of November to the 30th of April. Yukon needs to be north of 5 degrees south latitude before the 15th of November. It is also in our interests to make a bit of westing through Indonesian waters using the last of the Southeast trade winds before the end of November. Hence the two key departure dates Darwin at the end of September and arrival in Singapore early November.
This sets us up for a more leisurely cruising tempo around Malaysian waters in November and December for our arrival in Cochin on the west coast of India 7th January 2023
By this time, the Northeast Monsoon will be at its best for our passage over the Indian Ocean to the Red Sea.
The Pirate situation in the Western Indian Ocean and entrance to the Red Sea (one of the reasons we paused our world voyage in 2011) has settled considerably and close monitoring of various websites, used by cruising sailors and commercial vessels alike, have indicated, no reported activity in the last three or so years.
Yukon will log onto the Maritime Security Transit Corridor or MSTC. We will not actually be sailing in a convoy as such, but we will be obliged though AIS and regular vessel skeds to be accountable for our passage time and position to remain within the save zone of this maritime corridor.
We expect to arrive in Port Said after our Suez Canal transit around the 15th of April 2023 This begins our Mediterranean legs of the voyage taking in the lower Dodecanese islands Corinth Canal, Sicily, Sardinia, and the Balearics Islands, expecting to transit the Straits of Gibraltar medio June
On this leg on arrival in Porto Yukon’s track will cross for the first time since the world voyage in 2010 and officially our circumnavigation will be complete!
The remaining Atlantic Coast and English Channel legs will coincide with the start of the European summer with our arrival at our home island of Strynø in Denmark on the 19th of July 2023.