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 )

Dad's Day

03 September 2017 | 960 Miles West of Kalbarri WA
11:30pm Sunday 3rd September 2017 ( UTC+7 ) A perfect day for doing things dads do best. First up a spot of fishing. That nothing was caught was beside the point. The encouragement was there with the previous plastic skirt and hook chewed up and spat out by some piscatorial epicure, choosing and rigging an alluring lure over coffee set the tone for the day. A tiny shower formed an almost complete circular rainbow with L'Eau Commotion at its centre as a particularly palatable porridge was being prepared and the fishing begun. It was now time to see if the self steering wind vane could be improved, and an elegant solution evolved using the very limited resources available. Working at a leisurely pace, freeing up corroded nuts and threads and being very careful not to drop anything in the water as it is over 4 kilometres deep, the system was trimmed and tweaked in glorious sunshine, while in between times the electric auto pilot kept the miles spinning away. Full privileges were asserted, being very late for lunch and a taking a post prandial nap, and only then acknowledging the best wishes from my lovely daughters for a very special Fathers Day.
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