Dear All,

Today, we had 2 things to celebrate: our first week at sea and (HURRAY!) we managed to catch a fish: not any fish, we got a 4kg daurade coryphene or mai mai, probably one of the best fishes to eat. This is a beautiful yellow fish with other quite amazing colours. With the end of our first week at sea, we did over 900 miles, ie just over a third of the way. With our catch, we had our first sashimi of the trip as well as somptuous filets simply cooked in a pan with onions, tomatoes, oil and lemon (after the fish was lovingly prepared by Matthieu): a true delicassy and also quite a moment of glory for the happy crew, now even closer to full autonomy, with zero CO2 emissions and “almost guaranteed” food self sufficiency. Earlier in the day, we had another catch who did not leave any chance to our fishing equipment and broke our line in less than 20 seconds: we suspect it was at least a whale. Unfortunately, our IT department has confirmed that pictures cannot be sent from the boat, so that you will have to wait for our arrival to see the pictures behind the story.

The quote of the day was provided by Come who woke up suddenly, looked around the boat and declared that he knew that place as we had already been through the same location before!

Also, we saw 2 passing boats on the horizon today, the first signs of life in the last three days.

Last but not least, since today was Sunday, we took a shower then swiped the boat clean. Traditions matter: we had a full deck parade, double rations of rum, and pancakes for breakfast.

News from the generator: still zero CO2 emissions                                                                                                                                                   

Have a very good start of the week and happy dreams for tonight

The well fed Noeluna crew