L'Eau Commotion Westabout

An (other) attempt to sail non stop Westabout around the world

Vessel Name: L'Eau Commotion
Vessel Make/Model: Northshore 38
Hailing Port: Brisbane Australia
Crew: Bill Hatfield
25 February 2020 | Scarborough Marina, Brisbane
21 February 2020
21 February 2020 | 59 Miles To Go
20 February 2020 | 114 Miles East Of Australia
19 February 2020 | 220 Miles East Of Gold Coast Seaway
19 February 2020 | 262 Miles To Gold Coast Seaway
18 February 2020 | 304 Miles East Of Gold Coast Seaway
18 February 2020 | 328 Miles To Go
17 February 2020 | 423 Miles To Go
17 February 2020 | 423 Miles To Go
16 February 2020 | 505 Miles East Of The Gold Coast
15 February 2020 | 617 Miles To Go
14 February 2020 | 755 Miles To Go
13 February 2020 | 888 Miles To The Gold Coast
12 February 2020 | 1032 Miles To The Gold Coast
11 February 2020 | 580 Miles North Of The Waikato
11 February 2020 | 1167 Miles To Home
10 February 2020 | 1300 Miles To Home
10 February 2020 | 1309 Miles To The Gold Coast
09 February 2020 | 1460 Miles To The Gold Coast Seaway
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25 February 2020 | Scarborough Marina, Brisbane

Thank You

D Day Plus 4 7am Wednesday 26th February 2020

21 February 2020

A Definite Maybe ETA

Day 259 6am Saturday 22nd February 2020 (UTC +10 )

21 February 2020 | 59 Miles To Go

All Good

Day 258 6pm Friday 21st February 2020 ( UTC +10 )

20 February 2020 | 114 Miles East Of Australia

ETA Looking Likely

Day 258 6am Friday 21st February 2020

19 February 2020 | 220 Miles East Of Gold Coast Seaway

Amended ETA

Day 257 6am Thursday 20th February 2020

19 February 2020 | 262 Miles To Gold Coast Seaway

Amended ETA

Day 256 10:30pm Wednesday 19th February 2020 ( UTC+10 )

Just Coasting Along

19 September 2016 | 40 Miles East of St Helens
At around 6am this morning passed the latitude of the NE part of the main island of Tasmania so you could say I have crossed Bass Strait for a third time under my own keel and 5 times in a yacht. This time was the most benign and for that I am truly thankful as its reputation is well deserved. Up to midday a steady West to Northwesterly pushed us along at over 6 knots in delightful sunny conditions and by 8am the distant mountains came clearly into view; however this fresh breeze faded to variables in the afternoon. Although progress was slow it was not at all unpleasant in the bright sunshine as there was always just enough wind to fill the full main and jib and stop the jarring associated with a complete calm.
Time to get out the two thick manuals to study the intricacies of the autopilot. Very helpfully they told me in eighteen different languages and in some detail that to actually find out how to operate the pilot I had to get onto the World Wide Web. Sigh. The bright side is there are only 8 different buttons. One is standby and one is autopilot so I'll stick to these two.
It's now 6:45 pm and a nice light SE breeze is just gently moving us along in the general direction of Tasman Island and with light variables forecast a watchful night lies ahead.
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