Sail into 2027 · Aboard Seraph
Phuket → Tioman
Trade the ordinary for open water. Welcome the new year aboard a classic yacht, on a passage from Thailand to the turquoise waters of Tioman.
- 14 days
- ≈1,000 nm
- Maximum 8 guests
Dec 18, 2026 → Jan 1, 2027
An active sailing passage. Real watches. Extraordinary horizons.
Explore all five stages
The Grand Asian Passage
One expedition. Five stages. A voyage of a lifetime.
From Phuket to Maluku, Seraph sails the Grand Asian Passage in five independently bookable stages between December 2026 and April 2027. Choose the stage that fits your plans — or link several together — and make this voyage of a lifetime your own aboard a classic yacht.
- 5 stages
- Phuket to Maluku
- ≈4,050 NM
- Total expedition mileage
- 80 days
- At sea, Dec 2026 – Apr 2027
- 8 berths
- Aboard the classic yacht Seraph
- 01Phuket → TiomanFri 18 Dec 2026 – Fri 1 Jan 2027 · 14 days · ≈1,000 nm · €2,064Choose →
- 02Tioman → Anambas → BorneoFri 8 Jan – Fri 29 Jan 2027 · 21 days · ≈900 nm · €2,850Choose →
- 03Borneo → SulawesiFri 5 Feb – Mon 15 Feb 2027 · 10 days · ≈700 nm · €1,950Choose →
- 04Sulawesi → Raja AmpatFri 26 Feb – Fri 19 Mar 2027 · 21 days · ≈850 nm · €2,850Choose →
- 05Raja Ampat → MalukuFri 26 Mar – Fri 9 Apr 2027 · 14 days · ≈600 nm · €2,350Choose →
- Stage 01
Phuket → Tioman
14 days · ≈1,000 nm
- Stage 02
Tioman → Anambas → Borneo
21 days · ≈900 nm
- Stage 03
Borneo → Sulawesi
10 days · ≈700 nm
- Stage 04
Sulawesi → Raja Ampat
21 days · ≈850 nm
- Stage 05
Raja Ampat → Maluku
14 days · ≈600 nm
Overview
Not a delivery. A working passage.
Many mile-building trips are deliveries with paying passengers. Ours are not. You run watches, you plan the legs, you take the boat in and out, and you are debriefed every day by a Yachtmaster Instructor.
Crews are capped at eight. Everyone stands watch as mate and as skipper, and everyone leaves with a signed record of miles, nights and days at sea.
Programme
How a passage unfolds.
Briefing, passage planning, watch system and safety brief. Departure at dusk.
Continuous offshore passage. Celestial-aware navigation, sail changes, night watches.
Coastal pilotage into remote anchorages, close-quarters handling, crew rotation of skipper role.
Debrief, logbook signing and qualifying-mile certification.
Calendar 2026 – 2027
Scheduled mile-building passages.
Choose between 7-day Phuket mile builders aboard Bavaria 46 and longer international passages aboard Seraph. Prices are per person, crew capped at eight.
International passages · Seraph
Five long-distance passages across Southeast Asia. Prices are per person and online booking is available now.
Phuket mile builders · Bavaria 46
Scheduled 7-day mile builders from Phuket aboard Bavaria 46, with RYA / IYT courses to follow once the school is operating.
Andaman Sea Season
December 2026 – April 2027 · 7-day Phuket programme aboard Bavaria 46
Gulf of Thailand Season
May – June 2027 · 7-day Thailand mile builders aboard Bavaria 46
Live availability
The live departure calendar.
The calendar combines both boats and updates as payments clear. Pick an available day to open its booking page.
November 2026
- Berths available
- Last berths
- Unavailable
Objectives
What you leave with.
- —A signed logbook of qualifying miles, nights and days at sea
- —Confidence running a watch system on a large yacht
- —Night pilotage and unfamiliar-harbour entry experience
- —Heavy-weather sail plan decisions made, not described
- —A written instructor assessment of your readiness for exam
RYA requirements
The standard you are building towards.
Yachtmaster Coastal
800 nm · 12 days at sea · 2 night passages · 30 days living aboard
Yachtmaster Offshore
2,500 nm · 50 days at sea · 5 passages over 60 nm · 5 night passages
Yachtmaster Ocean
One qualifying ocean passage of 600 nm non-stop as skipper or mate of watch
Worldwide Sail
Tell us how many miles you still need.
Send us your current logbook totals and we will build a passage plan that closes the gap before your exam.