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 )

Time Warp

23 December 2017 | 2030 Miles to Cape Horn
5:00pm Saturday 23rd December 2017 ( UTC-3 ) After 52 consecutive days inhabiting the one time zone of UTC-2 it feels like I have broken free of some inescapable force such as typically surrounds even the smallest of Black Holes. Just before lunch the longitude ticked past 37 30.0'W and I have turned back time by adding minus one hour to the wall clock and all the other electronics with which we modern mariners are blessed so they are now synchronous with those in Montevideo, Uruguay. It is probable that some of my sluggish progress could be attributed to a swirl in the ocean currents. Most of the West going Equatorial Current flows past North Eastern Brazil, flows into the Gulf of Mexico and then becomes the Gulf Stream, but some is deflected South along the East Coast of Brazil. This current is much weaker and swirls can break off and head back Northwards, which my weather program infers, but are pretty erratic at best. This breakout has been assisted by a gentle increase in the wind which is also swinging a bit more to the North. An occasional misty shower has delivered no useful water for doing the washing but in the cooler cabin am enjoying The Old Breed, a factual account by E.B. Sledge of his time with the US Marines and the invasion of Palilu and Okinawa.
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