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 )

Keeping Offshore

07 December 2019 | 60 Miles North North East Of Isla Desolacion, Straits Of Magellan
Day 183 3pm Saturday 7th December 2019 ( UTC-5 )
The wind eased slightly towards evening so a comfortable night was spent under staysail and double reefed main making a nice offing across the Straits Of Magellan and wondering whether I should shake out another reef. But not for long as the grey impenetrable overcast got a little less grey but the wind got a little more gutsy. Not only that but it veered slightly to the North West so all day has been spent trying to keep going and at the same time keep clear of the coast which has been totally obscured since I last saw it five days ago. It was not until I was one and a half miles away did I temporarily catch site of this island dead ahead and of course had to go about. I am now on an offshore tack which will probably cost me six hours of progress but what is six hours when I have all of this year and most of next available. I will have to face another North to North Westerly tomorrow but hopefully it will stay below 35 knots and not last too long. I also screwed up my Predictwind access by touching the iPad with a piece of clothing but Sam Of Predictwind had me back on track within hours. Enveloped in this cold grey misty lumpy bit of the world but otherwise travelling, in the wrong direction, quite well.


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