Dear All,

It was Matthieu who went for an early swim today to look at our starboard propeller. As we thought, the fishing line is wrapped up around it. Matthieu managed to get a close look but there was nothing he could do to untangle it as the boat was still making close to 2 knots despite being “a la cape”. Moreover, with a 2 to 3 m swell, going below the hull is a very dangerous hobby indeed and we will wait to get calm seas to dive again. In any case, the engine might work perfectly well despite the line, so no point taking risks for nothing.

We are currently going 6 knots with a 15 knots wind, nothing spectacular and we will try new sails set up tomorrow am. Our well thought strategy reloaded is to go long South South West for now, roughly heading for 20 North 30 West.

For those who wonder what we are doing during the day to make use of our time, it is worth highlighting that we have no spare time. Difficult to describe exactly what we do all day  but none of us managed to read more than 2 to 4 pages of a book so far. Whether it is navigation, trimming sails, cooking, washing or working on trying to fix the generator (the supposedly most reliable item on board), we find no decent time for ourselves yet, not that we miss it either since the days go by so quickly.

We got our second sighting of dolphins today with about 30 of them playing around the  boat today for about 25 minutes. We also saw a few squadrons of flying fishes but none of them got close enough to fall on the boat. This is a shame as our fishing attempts have not been quite conclusive so far. Please stay tuned as we still have at least a couple of weeks ahead of us to make progress on that front.

We are alone on the sea and have seen no other boat today.  This is a very beautiful feeling: difficult to feel more free and away from everything. Weather is not tricky and no sight of squalls yet.

Still no UFO to report today but we know they are around and we will keep you posted

The wine cellar is still untouched but we know where the starboard watch has hidden the key and we are on the case.

Bye for now from the Noeluna crew