"Let God decide whether to win or lose, this is his territory, and I think he will be more polite and hospitable than the people here. "Whether Dan has good intentions or pretends to be innocent afterwards Hong Tao will not be investigated, anyway, he is going to smoke these upper-class whites with a big mouth, so that they know what politeness and hospitality are.

"I've heard Claire say that you're Aite's secret lover, why do women always like men who are covered in blood? ”

"Only after a setback will he come back to us in disgrace, like a stray cat. But as soon as they have the opportunity, they will leave us without hesitation. ”

Hong Tao threw down the two women and got on the boat, Dan helplessly walked with Jiang Zhuyi to the fishing boat moored next to him, and complained to Jiang Zhuyi while walking. It sounds like she is talking about Hong Tao, but in fact, she is complaining about herself.

"Aite doesn't, he always does what he is sure of. And at no time is it a stray cat, even if it is on the run, it is he who is the hunter. ”

"Let's not worry about him yet, I think Ruyt's body may not be able to cope with this kind of weather, and the sails will be heavy. It's not warm at all in the summer, so I'll have to find a thick dress to put on. Like Hong Tao, a sneer appeared on the corner of Jiang Zhuyi's mouth after he saw these two small sailboats.

Now she is not worried about Hong Tao at all, but she is beginning to worry about Ruyth's safety. If something goes wrong with him, the trip to South Africa will have to be delayed for a long time.

Now all the provinces and cities in South Africa are governed by blacks, and whites are hiding behind to control most of these resources. On the surface, whites have given up their rights, but in fact, in their bones the races are more antagonistic.

It's a little harder to find another person who has good personal relationships with black officials and doesn't offend most of the rich whites. But she can't control these things, so she can only hope for Hong Tao himself. I hope he can figure this out and not torture the old captain with a child's heart too much.

"A pair of weirdos......" spent a long time talking, but neither side was pleased, and Dan was very disappointed. At this time, she also felt the coldness in the drizzle, wrapped her cloak vigorously, and followed Jiang Zhuyi up the gangway.

At around ten o'clock in the evening, the parking lot in front of Dan's house was already full of all kinds of luxury cars, and there were really many people who came to see the excitement. In addition to the 100 people who could go to the two fishing boats to accompany them, there were many people who could not get on the boat, so they simply lit firewood from a few oil drums on the dock, and chatted around while waiting for the duel to officially begin.

At this time, it was not only the descendants of the Boers who spoke the Afrikan-speaking language, but also many English-speaking whites who came to see the excitement. Without exception, these people chose to support Hong Tao, no need to ask, the descendants of the British are here. They have been fighting each other for hundreds of years, but whenever there is an opportunity to confront each other without affecting the political situation of the country, there will definitely be a small Boer war.

The rain became heavier and heavier, and when the cold rain flowed down the jacket into the collar, Hong Tao's hangover basically woke up. By this time he had arranged a few sets of halyards, according to his own habits, and began to drag the spare nose jib out of the bow compartment and tied it to the mast halyard.

The speed of this small wooden sailboat is certainly not as fast as that of modern aluminum alloy and fiberglass sailboats, but it has an advantage, that is, the center of gravity is low, the weight is heavy, and it is relatively stable.

In order to increase speed, you have to sacrifice stability, and the easiest way to do this is to add sails and increase thrust. However, this requires great maneuverability, and if the sail is not retracted in time, even if the center of gravity is low, the ship will capsize, or the mast will be broken by the wind.

For the modern sailor, this kind of operation is unbelievable, let alone do, and you can't even think about it. Again, modern technology has calculated all data to the extreme, and conforming to these data is safe, otherwise it is dangerous, who would take this risk.

But there was no such problem with ancient sailing ships, and people at that time could not calculate such accurate data, so everything was redundant. What Hong Tao has to do is to squeeze out the redundancy, so that the thrust-to-weight ratio of the sailboat is as high as possible, and at the same time, it is necessary to control the threshold value of the redundancy and keep the sailboat within a safe range. As for where the safety scope is, there is no way to describe it in words, and we can only rely on experience to judge for ourselves.

According to Hong Tao's preliminary understanding of the ship, its keel and ribs are made of African Pontianak wood. It is one of the best pieces of wood used to make seagoing vessels, and the more wet it gets, the tougher it becomes, and it is extremely resistant to corrosion.

I think I thought about building a flagship out of this kind of wood, but I found a lot of wood, but unfortunately it was too hard when it was wet, and it was very difficult to drill. It took a lot of effort to process the two, but they were completely dried and scrapped.

This kind of wood is very easy to crack during the drying process, and there is basically nothing to be done at the level of wood processing at that time, unless it is a lot of luck regardless of cost and manpower and material resources. Obviously, modern people have mastered the method of processing this wood, and the processing is very fine.

The planks are made of white oak, which is also a good material for shipbuilding, with excellent toughness and corrosion resistance. The most valuable thing is this mast, which is actually spliced together layer by layer with golden teak strips. Not to mention that this kind of wood is not easy to find in Southeast Asia, where it originates, and this splicing technique alone is about to be lost.

It seems that Ruyt really loves ships, and he spares no expense in imitation, the wood is all first-class, and the craftsmanship is also very advanced. Coupled with modern processing technology, the redundancy of this ship is a little more in Hong Tao's heart.

At half-past eleven, the two fishing boats were the first to start, and with a short whistle, they slowly sailed towards the gap in the breakwater, and at the same time turned on the searchlights above, guiding the sailboats out of port.

"Hey, Chinese kid, come on, my old bones are faster than yours. Almost at the same time, Ruyt's sailboat also moved, and it didn't matter to him whether he was rushing Hong Tao or not, but this old man really didn't know how to write dead words, and he still had the leisure to play with Hong Tao.

"Come on, I'll have to give way as soon as I step on the accelerator, open your eyes, you hairy primitives!" Hong Tao did not immediately raise the sails, but waited for Ruyt's boat to sail some distance before starting to pull the sails.

But this pull is a full sail, the strong southwest wind instantly found the opponent, pounced on the canvas to play the top of life, a bit of either you die or I live.

Approaching the little sailboat, it reacted, first shaking a few times, then bowing down, like the start of a sprinter, suddenly rushed away from the dock, tilted itself and made an arc.

"Buzz...... Buzz...... "Hong Tao's action did not cause the audience to cheer, on the contrary, the British descendants who had planned to support him to defeat Ruyter also put their disappointment on their faces, and many people simply left in frustration.

Hong Tao's first action disappointed them, where can the sailboat go like this when leaving the port, there are too many half sails at this wind speed. Can a stunned young man who can't even grasp the speed of the wind and sails defeat an old captain who has been immersed in the sea for most of his life? Obviously, the answer is already there, and what is it better to go home and drink some red wine and sleep in the miserable wind and rain.

"Claire, isn't he too anxious, why don't you stop this competition? "Not only were the spectators on the shore disappointed, but the people on the fishing boats were even more disappointed when they saw Hong Tao's actions.

Fortunately, the people on the shore can choose to go home, but they can only follow the fishing boats, and this night is considered to be in vain. Dan is indeed a good person, she can't bear to see Hong Tao in danger because of a game, and plans to persuade Thomas to stop the precipice.

"......" Thomas was also a little hesitant, he had heard that Hong Tao had sailed a sailboat with Conley's husband in Perth, don't look at his status in the Zhang family is not very high, but his popularity is not bad, as long as he wants to pay attention to this kind of thing, someone will always give him a tip-off. But what he didn't expect was that Hong Tao was like a mallet when he came up, should he stop the game?