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
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 )
Setting Up L'Eau Commotion
14 June 2019 | 15 Miles SSE of Gabo Island
Day 7 3pm Friday 14th June 2019
Soon after leaving Montague Island we connected with the South going current which was all of two knots for a good but anxious sail through the night. Whilst there was plenty of shipping the main concern were a couple of trawlers which with their nets down of course have the right of way; besides, with their brilliant deck lights their ability to detect the puny tricolour masthead lights is nil. Of course I could have gone on an opposite tack and cleared them completely but that South going current had a certain seduction. The wind and current completely fell away by dawn so since then I have been gently tacking towards the West in light variable winds from the NW quadrant.
I mentioned previously about power supply for the autopilot so here is a shot of the Watt & Sea hydro generator as installed in the Falklands. You may see on the top of the Windpilot the carbon reinforced plywood wind vane which had just been broken by 70 knot winds in Stanley Harbour - this by way of excuse for not setting up the hydro generator closer to the centreline and lower down. I have just taken a shot of the machine in it's more appropriate position - continued in the next post
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Soon after leaving Montague Island we connected with the South going current which was all of two knots for a good but anxious sail through the night. Whilst there was plenty of shipping the main concern were a couple of trawlers which with their nets down of course have the right of way; besides, with their brilliant deck lights their ability to detect the puny tricolour masthead lights is nil. Of course I could have gone on an opposite tack and cleared them completely but that South going current had a certain seduction. The wind and current completely fell away by dawn so since then I have been gently tacking towards the West in light variable winds from the NW quadrant.
I mentioned previously about power supply for the autopilot so here is a shot of the Watt & Sea hydro generator as installed in the Falklands. You may see on the top of the Windpilot the carbon reinforced plywood wind vane which had just been broken by 70 knot winds in Stanley Harbour - this by way of excuse for not setting up the hydro generator closer to the centreline and lower down. I have just taken a shot of the machine in it's more appropriate position - continued in the next post
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