"Don't, Aite will be angry then. The way he sails is different from ordinary people, and I'm afraid it will be the same all the way. The most correct way now is to notify the fishing boats in front of them, either to speed up or to get out of the way of the main channel. ”

Before Thomas could come up with an answer, Jiang Zhuyi suddenly interjected. She was wrapped in a waterproof suit, with a hat on her head, revealing only half of her face.

"Well, listen to you, I hope he's as good as you say. Thomas turned his head to look at Jiang Zhuyi, trying to discern the credibility from her eyes. But Jiang Zhuyi had already turned her head around, and was waving at the small sailboat that had caught up with the naked eye, and it seemed that she didn't think Hong Tao's speed was fast enough.

Since Jiang Zhuyi is so confident, Thomas thinks he can try. These two don't look like they're usually the same as two hundred and five, but don't forget, they just went through a hunt not long ago. can hide in that situation for a few months, and then run out safely, it is definitely not the real two hundred and five.

At Thomas's order, the captain of the fishing boat immediately radioed the fishing boat in front of him, and soon the fishing boat left the main channel. At this time, Hong Tao's small sailboat had already overtaken Ruyt, and was on par with the second fishing boat, which was very meaningful.

"The wind speed is almost fifteen knots, your speed is still slow!" Jiang Zhuyi wiped a handful of his hand on his hat, raised it with his wet palm and rushed to the south, and soon came up with the current wind speed data. Then he shouted at Hong Tao on the starboard side, urging him to speed up.

This action made Thomas's brow in the cab furrow even tighter, and the anemometer on the dashboard showed that the wind speed was 14.7 knots. Measuring wind speed in a primitive way is not a high-end study, but it is not easy to measure it so accurately that it is possible to master it after countless sea voyages.

Jiang Zhuyi obviously does not have this kind of conditions, not to mention driving a sailboat to the sea, a person living in the capital is still a civil servant, and it is very good to be able to sail a yacht independently. But these two people are obviously no strangers to the sea, what are they from?

Hong Tao must not be able to hear Jiang Zhuyi's shout, nor can he see Thomas's frowning brow, but he should be able to see her gestures. In fact, without Jiang Zhuyi's command, Hong Tao has already begun to tie the second front spinnaker to the sail rope, and it is still a layout.

He was stunned to make this dhow out of the multi-layered sail of a sail battleship, it didn't matter if it lacked a crossing, his hands and pulley were diagonal sail lines, and he had been pulling like this to find the direction of the wind, which was similar to flying a kite.

Fifteen knots of wind speed is roughly equivalent to seven or eight meters per second, which can only be regarded as a gentle drizzle in the sea, and if you want to make a sailboat full speed, you can't rely on the mainsail alone.

Supposedly in the harbor there should not be a full sail, but there are also points to be scored. If it is a commercial port, it will definitely not work, then not only will it be dangerous, but it will also endanger other ships, which is the main reason why everyone thinks that Hong Tao is a mallet.

But this port is not a commercial port, there are no other ships other than these two fishing boats, and no other ships will come in, so Hong Tao does not plan to follow the rules. What are the rules, if you join forces to duel with me, give me such a broken ship, and run away, I will not be allowed to raise the full sails, then I can't play!

"This little bastard, you will suffer when you go out of Hong Kong!" Ruyter was directly overtaken by Hong Tao, and he was very depressed when he saw Hong Tao hanging the spinnaker again. He also wanted to go full throttle, but years of experience reminded him that he had to hold back.

This kind of competition is not only about speed, but also about stability. No matter how fast you run, the mast breaks, the sail is scratched, and the boat capsizes halfway, and the result is a loss, and whoever has the last laugh wins.

But having said that, whoever saw others overtake him was not very happy, and Ruyt couldn't help but tighten the sail rope, so that the mainsail was spread another fifth. Although this does not make much difference to the speed, it can be much more balanced.

This private harbour is located in a small bay with natural cliffs on both sides, and is very well positioned to protect against wind and waves from both north and south, and only by breakwaters to the west.

However, as soon as you turn out of the cliff to the south, the wind immediately increases a lot, and it is still a strong crosswind. Both the mast and the hull began to squeak and moan, as if to tell their masters, I can't take it anymore, slow down.

"Come on, you're absolutely fine!" But the owner of the ship was a black-hearted wolf, too ruthless, with moans in his ears but no sympathy at all, and still playing with the sail rope to make the front spinnaker full. While pulling his mouth and flickering with words, it was as if the ship could understand.

The little sailboat did understand and agreed, and the bow split the waves, tilting its body and rushing towards the dark sea. The wind was strong, and Hong Tao not only did not intend to slow down, nor did he intend to turn, and drove straight to the south-west direction, which was about thirty degrees from the destination he was going.

Seeing that Hong Tao's boat did not slow down or turn, the fishing boat in charge of guarding him had to readjust its course and speed up to catch up. It's okay to capsize, as long as the luck is not too bad to catch it, but you can't get lost, it's really fatal.

"Aite, keep up with us, don't run around......" After the fishing boat approached the small sailboat, the captain of the fishing boat protested to Hong Tao with a megaphone, and also used a light signal to signal Hong Tao to turn.

"I said Clay, it's me or you guys? Have you ever heard that a racer has to run behind the maintenance car? Let him keep his mouth shut, he has a sudden thrust, and his hand turns as soon as he moves, I have to be busy for a long time, and I am not convinced to let him change with me!"

To be on the safe side, Hong Tao and Ruyt each carried two maritime telephones. Hong Tao was annoyed by the broken horn, and he couldn't scold back, so he simply took out the phone from his waterproof pocket and dialed Thomas.

"I'm just worried...... Bastard!" Thomas was scolded for no reason, and wanted to explain, but unfortunately Hong Tao had already hung up, so angry that he almost threw the phone as a grenade, killing the bastard who dared to scold himself and hang up his phone!

"Don't worry, I find that you are all shouting very vigorously on the shore, why are you all timid when you go out to sea. That's less than 20 knots of wind speed, and the wave height is just over 2 meters, so what's there to worry about?"

"He's cutting the corner of the wind, and now it's a headwind, do you have to go zigzag?" Jiang Zhuyi spoke again, she just blocked her face, otherwise her mouth would be more evil than Hong Tao.

Originally, she thought that she would pick a night with bad weather to come out, and said that it would be scary to have a duel with no return, and this is the best deal. Not to mention Hong Tao, even if she let the second knife, who had never been the commander of the Grand Fleet, drive that small sailboat, she would definitely run faster than Ruyt.

The Mediterranean Sea is calm, but the wind and waves at the western entrance of the Strait of Gibraltar are no worse than they are now, especially in winter. If you are even afraid of this sea condition, you can still command a fart fleet and protect a fart Karlburg, and go home and pedal the duck boat.

"Does he want to sail straight! The waves in the deep sea will be bigger, this is not a good idea!" Thomas also felt Jiang Zhuyi's contempt through the windbreaker, if it was a man opposite, he would have been anxious, but unfortunately it was a woman, and he had to endure it.

"This is the only way to go southwest, then turn due south, and then turn northeast beyond the latitude of the Cape of Good Hope. In this way, there will be crosswinds along the way, as long as you maintain a good speed, the old man behind you probably won't even be able to see the sails. Don't worry, there are GPS navigation devices on board, as well as radio and maritime telephones, he won't get lost. ”

"In fact, I suggest that it is best to remove the navigation equipment when engaging in this kind of children's game in the future, the boats are all antique, and the navigation technology should naturally match them. Don't you know how to navigate with sextants and ready-made charts? What is that called sailing, it is nothing more than a boring game of the rich? ”

Seeing that Thomas's attitude was not bad, Jiang Zhuyi simply became a teacher for him, and dipped his finger in the rain dripping from his hat to draw a simple route map on the glass of the cockpit. Not only the route, but also the latitude and longitude, I didn't look at the charts at a glance, but the proportions were about the same.