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 )

Domestic Duties

19 August 2019 | 310 Miles NW Of Capetown South Africa
Day 73 9pm Monday 19th August 2019 ( UTC +1 )
I set the desalinator going at 8am and with the constant supply of salt water to the sink set about tidying things up before getting ready to set up the BiSymmetric. Getting the lines ready I was concerned to find the outer layer of the spinnaker halyard worn right through and thus needing replacing. I knew I had a roll of 8mm double braid stowed deep down up forward which required moving lots of gear and boxes which also uncovered one of four 20l drums of metho which I also retrieved. I strongly butt sewed the new to the old and but for a few heart stopping glitches the line was successfully re reeved. Seeing the metho was there and down to the last 6l of ready available I decided to decant and also fill the 10 500ml bottles I use to top up the Origo stove. Now I had a tin of olive oil which I knew was rusting but decided to keep despite it seeping oil which ended up round these bottles and needed cleaning up. Of course with the odd heave of the boat some of the oily contents of the sink ended up on the saloon floor. And while I was at it decanted some of the fresh olive oil from its ( plastic) container.In the meantime the desalinator was chugging away and the tanks full the overflow added to the confusion before it was diverted to the spare container for doing the washing. By the time this was all cleaned up the wind and forecast had risen above my best strength estimate for the BiSymmetric so that idea was put aside for another day. The good news is my water tanks and spares are all full, totalling 260l, and meths on hand confirmed at 85l which should be well within expected useage. And the saloon sole is sparkling. The course under single reefed main and jib is 30 deg. left of the direct track to St Helena but is that recommenced by the Nav program and also keeps us West of some probable 30 knots.
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