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 )

Downunder

13 September 2019 | 300 Miles SSE Of Ilha De Santiago, Cape Verde Islands
Day 98 7pm Friday 13th September 2019 ( UTC-1 )
With barely enough wind to fill the sails we did not try to go downwind last night so just kept things comfortable. A little breeze after sunrise made a few miles in a few hours until we were becalmed again. Nothing came of the display pictured so it was time to check out the underwater paddle for the electric log. Though totally devoid of any wind I furled the jib, dropped the main, fixed the rudder hard over and let out the safety line astern. Some nuts had come loose on the Watt & Sea and some goose barnacles had to be prized off. I put a girth rope round the hull at the mast and attacked the surrounds of the paddle which were absolutely thick with goose barnacles. I chopped and pulled off most of them but decided it was pointless trying to get a smooth flow as they would just just jump on again as soon as I turned my back. Now here is an interesting thing. On the rest of the hull where anti fouled with Micron 66 there was not a single barnacle or piece of weed - it was as clean as she was when put back in the water. Quite a few above the waterline, mainly on the Starboard side, were carefully scraped off including the soft shell footing they lay down. At sunset the promised light South West breeze came in and I hope it lasts for at least a day.


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