sailplan
Franklin, Tasmania
to
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.