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
Recent Blog Posts
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 )

Pottering Around

12 September 2017
8:00pm Tuesday 13th September 2017 ( UTC+5 ) The elegant solution I had for the self steering extension turned out to be awkward on one point of the wind so the straight tube was replaced with one that conveniently had just the right bend in it. In addition I replaced the steering paddle with a spare that Hank made up for me. Needless to say the shape i.e. the airfoil section, was superior to the original and an improvement in performance was notable even though the conditions were mild, to say the least. In fact the quiet following breeze changed abruptly to a beam reach so the jib was easily changed from the poled out position and the main hoisted to give a smooth and pleasant 6 knots without the rolling associated with a following sea. In addition I rummaged around and found one of the two boxes of fish hooks and because of the limited number of lures I have on board decided to make a spoon lure out of a spoon. No kidding. It seemed sort of OK but if no luck in a couple of days will try the Halco #4 Barramundi. The l ure I had out with a red squid skirt got chomped off. The trace was a nylon coated multi strand but now I am trying a single SS wire trace which might be tougher. A slow news day I know. To pad it out just now passed the first ship seen in the Indian Ocean - E.R Vancouver, closest point of approach 3 miles, bound for AUSBTB wherever that might be. And unlike US destroyers it showed up on the AIS and rang the proximity alarm.
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