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 )

The North East Trades

06 November 2017 | 1035 Miles to Hierro
6:00pm Monday 6th November 2017 ( UTC-2 ) Yes we are definitely established in the North East Trades with no danger of being overtaken by the dreaded blue clag. The gentle breeze through last night became more solid this morning requiring one then two reefs in the main. Having nothing better to do these went in as the breeze dropped and out when it increased which was rather silly so common sense prevailed and we're snugged down for the night double reefed. The constant breeze last night reenergised the Silentwind generator which had been taking a long holiday since The Cape and was happily pumping out the amps at dawn. Accordingly the desalinator was started and operated continuously till 5:00pm and though it's a little hard to tell, with the heel of the boat often around thirty degrees, the Starboard tank of 150 litres is almost full and the Port tank of 80 litres is pressed up. Interestingly after half an hour of bypassing overboard the water still tasted just a little salty but by the end of the day sweet as. Alt hough Hierro is only a thousand miles away it is directly upwind so even though we are making just on 6 knots through the water, each day, hopefully, will see us just 100 miles closer due to the angle of the tack. I have the little hatch in the shower open which allows in a little breeze and sometimes a lot of water so timing must be precise.
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