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 )

Heading Home

18 November 2017 | 21 Miles South of Hierro Turn Point
6:00pm Saturday 18th November 2017 ( UTC-2 ) The light and fickle breeze continued on into the night and it was not until 12:20am ( 0220/18/11/2017 UTC ) this morning that I rounded the Northern tip of Hierro, my nominated turn point in the North Atlantic for my intended circumnavigation. Since then the breeze has been just as light and fickle as I cruised down the Eastern side of the island about two miles offshore. Although the going was slow in the extreme it was not without its compensations. It gave me a great chance to study the landforms of this spectacular volcano and the ports resorts and airport along the coast as well as a quite sizeable little township nestled beneath the clouds. I hope some of this comes through in the photo. The going was so slow I was actually hand steering as I was joined by a large lazy pod of dolphins. They went away and I heard the unmistakeable sound of a large whale taking breath. I got out the iPad camera and took a few snaps of what I took to be a humpback whale about 40 feet long . She/He stayed with me for about an hour sometimes breaching, very slowly, as close as twenty feet from the boat. At times it was much closer just below the surface. I'll see if I can send a photo in my next post. --------------090701010904060208070809--
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