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 )
The BiSymmetric
26 August 2019 | 380 Miles South East of St Helena
Day 80 8pm Monday 26th August 2019 ( UTC +0 )
This is the sail that has been hauling, sometimes unwillingly, L'Eau Commotion towards the equator. You won't find the word in any nautical almanac as I made it up, being a combination of two Asymmetric spinnakers. It is just twice the size of the Asymmetric spinnaker that Jesse and Adrian of Switch sails made up for L'Eau Commotions recent circumnavigation and which I blew up in the doldrums not that far from here. In that last run up to St Helena I used the jib poled out and the Asymmetric sheeted to the end of the boom and thought what a good idea it would be to have just one sail so Switch sails made this one up. What is not so obvious is that the pole is sheeted well aft and the both Port and Starboard sheets are quite free as a means of depowering the sail as I am sure the breeze from dead astern is a good 25 knots and I really shouldn't be surfing the waves at 14 to 16 and occasionally 18 knots. Mind you when I had to go to the mast to adjust the spinnaker pole I found it exhilarating to see the yacht beneath my feet streaming along.
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This is the sail that has been hauling, sometimes unwillingly, L'Eau Commotion towards the equator. You won't find the word in any nautical almanac as I made it up, being a combination of two Asymmetric spinnakers. It is just twice the size of the Asymmetric spinnaker that Jesse and Adrian of Switch sails made up for L'Eau Commotions recent circumnavigation and which I blew up in the doldrums not that far from here. In that last run up to St Helena I used the jib poled out and the Asymmetric sheeted to the end of the boom and thought what a good idea it would be to have just one sail so Switch sails made this one up. What is not so obvious is that the pole is sheeted well aft and the both Port and Starboard sheets are quite free as a means of depowering the sail as I am sure the breeze from dead astern is a good 25 knots and I really shouldn't be surfing the waves at 14 to 16 and occasionally 18 knots. Mind you when I had to go to the mast to adjust the spinnaker pole I found it exhilarating to see the yacht beneath my feet streaming along.
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