After a busy day with the cruise preparation, followed by a meeting of all participants, attention to media and show the ship to friends and family, as planned we sail at 21 hours.

Family, friends and journalists were in the dock for say goodbye. The weather was with us. At 23 hours with a depth of 120 meters, the vessel was stopped for the 00 station scheduled to test the equipment and show how to sample the variables. While it was getting a CTD profile gulls flew near the cable. The wind speed was high, with gusts of 28 km/h

Photo 1.- Family, friends and journalists said goodbye from the dock.

Photo 2, 3.- Gulls face the bow of the vessel during the CTD profile.

Photo 4.- Pierre from IFREMER Branellec teaching how take samples to the young people that are around him Maribel García Ibáñez, Javier González Iglesias, Alba Cobo Viveros, Maxim Galindo Alberto Lorente and Great Miranda (back)