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 )

Halfway

05 October 2019 | 100 Miles NNE Of Ilha Santo Antao Cape Verde Islands
Day 120 7pm Saturday 5th October 2019 ( UTC-1 )
The halfway point is a little arbitrary as it depends on the route followed without counting all the minor deviations and the proposed route across the Pacific but all in all as good a guess as any. Of course there is one important proviso. Just as it is said in running a Marathon of 26 miles and some yards the halfway point is 20 miles and then the going gets tough, the real test will begin once past the Falkland Islands. In the meantime I am making the best of a following or quartering breeze of around 16 knots averaging close to seven knots over the ground with a helpful current component of about 1/3 of a knot. The autopilot is handling this difficult task well with the jib poled out to Port and the single reefed main to Starboard. I have heard of athletes Carbohydrate loading and I wonder if I can Protein load - the initial haul this morning at 4am was 14 mostly large flying fish and when daylight came I chucked another six over the side. You know the old one - husband complains to wife about his dinner. She replies you liked bake beans on Monday, you liked baked beans on Tuesday, you liked baked beans Wednesday, how come on Thursday you suddenly don’t like baked beans?
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