"! Without you rotten eggs, I wouldn't make trough cakes!" Hong Tao saw that he couldn't take advantage of it, and immediately became angry, and even scolded Chinese. If you want to raise the sail, you must first untie the rope on the crossbar of the mainsail, and then you can pull the mainsail up by pulling the sail rope through the guò winch.

The sail is naturally the main power, and the two thrusters at the tail are only emergency and power generation, relying on their power can only make the sailboat start slowly, and the amount of fuel cannot sail for a long time. There are many names for sailing sails, North American sails are similar to European sails, but the names are different, what jib, Genoese sails, ball sails, spinnakers, storm sails and so on. Hong Tao found a book in the college library dedicated to introducing sails, thick and the same as a big dictionary, from the material of the sail, the method of making zuò, the shape and use, to how to calculate the thrust formula of each sail, there are hundreds of thousands of words, I can see that Hong Tao's ears are about to open, and he still doesn't remember much, too professional!

But it's better to see it than not to see it, at least Hong Tao knows what he is using these sails on his ship. There are only three types of sails on a typical sailboat: mainsail, spinnaker and ball sail. The other sails are variations of these three sails and are used for a variety of special situations.

The mainsail is the sail tied to the crossbar at the bottom of the mainmast, which is the main source of thrust for the sailboat, which is generally triangular in shape, but also has a quadrilateral shape that is wide at the bottom and narrow at the top. Due to the fixation of the main mast and crossbar, it is in the best shape and the most efficient.

There are generally two modes of retracting and releasing the mainsail, one is to pile it directly on the crossbar, and if you want to retract it, you will receive it on the crossbar. If you want to put it all up, pull it all up. There is also a type of sailing ship whose mainmast crossbar is a large groove, and the bottom of the mainsail is fixed to a rotating stick in the transverse groove. Pull the rope on the winch when the sail is reeled. Turn the stick and roll the mainsail up to it.

The Mad Mouse's mainsail is the second mode. There are advantages and disadvantages to this model. The advantage is that the mainsail can be raised by a third, half, three-quarter, or full ...... In any case, you can raise as much as you think is enough, and it is more flexible, especially when the wind is strong on the sea, which can prevent the mainsail from being torn by the wind, and can reduce the windward area of the sail to provide the necessary power for the sailboat. The disadvantage is that operating this mainsail requires two sets of winches to be shaken at the same time, loosening one and tightening the other, which is more troublesome, and if there is only one person, it will be a bit of a rush.

The steel cable that is pulled from the top of the mainmast to the bow of the ship is called the foresail stay. There are two sails on this cable, one is called a jib, which is retracted in a similar way to the mainsail, but it does not have a crossbar, and it is directly rolled up on the foresail support line, and there is also a sail winder on that steel cable.

Sometimes there is a large sail on the foresail halyard, which is always blown by the wind, and that is the ball sail, which is very interesting to retract, and usually it is covered from the top of the mast to the bow of the ship with a slender umbrella-like thing. When you want to use the sail, just pull this cover up, and the sail will naturally open, and then pull the umbrella cover when the sail is closed. The sails were covered from top to bottom.

For a brig, the other mast is slightly shorter, with only one mainsail on it. The purpose of having this extra mast is not to increase the number of sails. Rather, the height of the mast should be drastically reduced. The lower the mast height, the lower the center of gravity of the hull. In this way, the hull will have a much smaller inclination when driving. The stability is also high, so it is called the old man's boat.

Hong Tao held two crank handles alone, shook the winch with his left hand a few times, loosened the mainsail rope a little, and then manipulated the other winch with his right hand to shake the hoisting cord of the mainsail a little tighter, and finally raised the mainsail. The reason why he can't shake his hands together is not that he can't, but that he can't play this difficult action. Drawing a circle clockwise with one hand and a circle with the other hand counterclockwise cannot be achieved without long-term exercise, especially if the speed is the same, which is very, very difficult.

However, he didn't raise all the mainsails, but only raised them halfway, why? Because this was his first time playing sailing, and he didn't have a specific concept of how big the wind was suitable for what sails, so he took his time, not afraid of being slow or afraid of mistakes!

"Hey, hey, hey...... Gone! gone...... What a big deal! Can you stump me Hong Taolun?" After raising the mainsail for a short time, Hong Tao began to shake the crossbar cable again, adjusting the crossbar from the port side to the starboard side, and when the sail was full of wind, hey! The sailboat was like someone whipping it from behind, and it began to speed up!

"Idiot, if you don't have a spare crank, we can go back to our voyage, because your crank has fallen into the water!" Eliza did not praise Hong Tao, but pouted and laughed at Hong Tao.

"Damn, 50 Canadian dollars is gone! Uncle, Lao Tzu still has it!" Hong Tao turned his head to look at the winch on the side of the boat, and the smile that had just bloomed was immediately gone. One of the crank that had been inserted into the winch was missing! It was evident that the crank had been turned upside down by the tilt of the sailboat's hull and the jolting of the acceleration. At this time, Hong Tao remembered that it was written in the book that the crank should be used at all times and could not be inserted into the winch. But it doesn't matter, Hong Tao bought half a dozen of this thing, a small mistake, you can forgive it!

In fact, if the wind and waves are too strong and you don't have to worry about speed, driving a sailboat is really a very, very easy thing. Many people may have played the game of the Age of Discovery, which includes how the ship changes its sails to match the direction of the wind when sailing, as long as you are not on autopilot all the time. Hong Tao has not played many nautical games in his previous life, and the general wind direction and sail attitude can still be understood, but fortunately, it is not sailing against the wind now, he does not have to play the most difficult driving method as soon as he comes up, he can first familiarize himself with the ship.

Soon the mainsail was fully hoisted by the waves, and the two bows of the Mad Mouse split the lake and headed due south at a speed of about five knots. Rochester was southeast of Toronto, and Hong Tao still couldn't bother adjusting his course and distinguishing the charts, and a single mainsail kept him busy enough. Every time he achieves a small achievement, he always has to reward himself, the first time he gets on the boat, he can drive an 8-meter-long big guy down the line, which is a very rewarding thing for Hong Tao, no matter how Eliza despises him, he is still very proud of himself.

So Hong Tao first took out a bottle of champagne, then took out his camera, held a wine glass in one hand, a cigar in his mouth, and posed all kinds of poss, asking Eliza to help him record this memorable moment. Of course, he can't just be the commander of the light pole, he also has to take Eliza to take a picture together, the sailboat, the wine, and the beautiful women are a harmonious picture. It doesn't matter if the tripod can't stand steadily, he taps the tripod to the roof of the cabin, and when he wants to take a selfie, just turn the angle.

Eliza kept her word and said that if she didn't interfere, she wouldn't interfere, and the wide lake, the oncoming wind, and the waves chopped by the bow of the boat all made her feel better. As long as Hong Tao is not too excessive, she will not deliberately play with Hong Tao, and even put on a towel to be played as a slave girl, kneeling to pour wine for Hong Tao, so that Hong Tao can act as a captain and take a souvenir.

If others are good to themselves, then Hong Tao will definitely repay it twice. He was very attentive to help Eliza apply sunscreen all over her back, and at the same time felt Eliza's muscle groups, this girl's body is so strong, pinching it can bounce her fingers away.

"Eliza, if I give Vanessa a small gift, you won't refuse me, will you?" After enough tossing, Hong Tao and Eliza sat in the stern of the boat, admiring the scenery of Lake Ontario and chatting.

"You've given her enough gifts, the child can't spoil her, you're going to spoil her, I don't accept it!" Eliza braided her long chestnut hair into a braid, looking a few years younger.

"Well, let's not argue, let's settle it by betting. If I can get to Rochester in 10 hours, how about you accept my gift? You don't suffer a loss on this condition, right? I'm just a novice, I'm just on the ship for the first time, do you dare?" Hong Tao is willing to solve the problem in the simplest and most trouble-free way at any time.

“…… Well, you've done a good job of keeping out of the wind on the starboard side of sailboats and commercial vessels. When I first started sailing, I couldn't even master the steering wheel, and you are indeed much smarter than me, so you don't have to prove anything to me. As soon as Eliza heard Hong Tao say the word bet, her tone immediately softened.

She was very helpless, because she had never won against Hong Tao, and she suffered every time. Although she said no, but in her heart she actually enjoyed this feeling very much, every woman likes to watch a man try to show his merits in front of her, which is the same reason that male animals want to dance in front of females and show their beautiful feathers, which is itself an act of praise and pursuit of women, and it is always more intoxicating to be pursued than ignored.

"Play, no goal is much boring, we haven't reached the age yet, when we are old, we will sit together and raise the half-sail, with the sunset slowly floating on the lake, that is the reward of a lifetime. Now we have to toss hard, otherwise when we get old, we won't be able to remember what happened when we were young. Alright, let's get ready to speed up and tell me to sail!" Hong Tao put down his wine glass, leaned over to Eliza, put his arm around her shoulders, let the heads of the two people rest together, simulated the state of a pair of old men, and then jumped up again, ran to the steering wheel on the left, began to shake the winch, and released the jib sail. (To be continued......) R1292