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 )

Snugging Down

10 February 2018 | 480 Miles WSW Cape Horn
2:30pm Saturday 10th February 2018 ( UTC-5 ) On the principle that it is better to reef down and lose a little speed as against having to run and lose a lot of ground I have just put a few extra rolls in the jib. The storm jib remains lashed to the deck. I may have to almost completely furl the jib later on this evening but that is a comparatively easy task with that much less sail collecting the wind. With the good conditions of yesterday afternoon and evening I replenished the water used in the previous 4 days - 11 litres which took 2h 45m - and while waiting for the weather which comes in just after 10:00 morning and evening I put another couple of hours worth in the Port SS tank. The password has been a bit finicky on the computer I have had on board for a few years but being saved for when the first laptop chucked it in which it did a few weeks back. But late last night it just refused to accept it. This for me is a real problem but I suspected a sticking key after many many false guesses. Eventually I tracked it d own to a ( , ) comma but tapping and pushing did not free it. Then I recalled the deft action of a smart Sulphur Crested Cockatoo who answered to the name of Mr. Muscles. Always keen to learn he could whip off a set of QWERTY keys in the time it took you reach for a cup of coffee which had to be kept out of his reach. Not being so adept with the fingers I got out the Leatherman knife and with a bit of prising I freed the key. This took all night so when I did eventually get the weather it rewarded me with a big sleep in and now behaves just as it should in the manual, available, of course, on line. The outlook for the next few days is daunting but I then hope to be a few more miles to the North and to the West.
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