Chapter Eighty-Four: Bluefin Tuna
Generally speaking, luxury yachts are rarely equipped with autopilot functions, because most yachts only cruise on shallow shores and rarely sail to the ocean, so there is no need to install such high-tech, all manual driving. But Mars often sails with his surname, although he does not cross the ocean, but in the familiar west coast of the Americas, he still often crosses with his surname, from the harbor of Vancouver, Canada, to the fishing resorts of Costa Rica, Panama and other places.
With almost 60,000 kilometers of coastline off the west coast of North America, the yacht can travel at a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour from the harbor of Vancouver, Canada, to the junction of North and South America, which means that it takes at least 13 hours to reach Costa Rica.
The yacht has been driving for about an hour, Li Cheng is familiar with the use of fishing gear, at this moment Mars has set 60 automatic driving, they have left the Vancouver harbor, according to the designated channel, often correct the automatic driving map of Mars, there is no need to worry about the yacht will deviate from the channel, regular maintenance habits, so that the yacht not only has a greatly enhanced service life, its speed, endurance, internal facilities are all first-class sequence in the yacht, and as a pilot, Mars has a yacht license, A helicopter license, or something like that, allows you to drive almost any kind of machinery.
Mars, who came out, saw Li Cheng's lame method of using a fishing rod, and sneered: "Cheng, I always thought that you had participated in some military organization, it seems that I thought too much." "It's a bit strange if you can't fish as a soldier, Mars was in the French Foreign Legion, he traveled around the world, and sometimes he had to make reasonable use of the tools around him to survive, and fishing and fishing were a basic survival skill.
"As I said, I'm just a civilian, and I've never been to sea, so you think I might be able to master the art of sea fishing all at once?" Li Cheng fought back, Mars just liked brain supplements, relying on Li Cheng's bearing and strength shown in the first meeting, he thought that Li Cheng had received military training at all, which was too arbitrary, didn't he know that there was kung fu in China? Of course, Li Cheng is also fantasizing, the increase in strength and momentum all rely on the golden finger dragon power, which belongs to the category of unknown realm.
"Okay, you can see how I perform today, there are still about 10 hours until the next port, and we have to solve all three meals on the boat before dark, so if we can't catch fish, then we don't have to eat, I forgot to tell you, I didn't bring the ingredients here......" Mars skillfully took out the chain fishing box, installed the appropriate line, hook, and reel, and took out a large live shrimp, only to see Mars pass it through the base of the back hook frontal spine in the corner of his eye.
And the reel he used seemed to be electric, Li Cheng didn't know why, and asked: "Mars, what are you particular about this hand, what kind of fish do you want to catch?" And what are the tips for hooking live shrimp? ”
Li Cheng is a person who doesn't understand and asks, and he didn't get angry at all because of Mars's ridicule before, as an all-round sergeant major, Mars does have the ability to be proud, not to mention that although the two are noisy, but this is more of a way to communicate.
Mars explained: "I'm going to catch a large fish, I guess I can catch a tuna or bonito, sailfish, if I'm lucky enough, it's not bad to catch a shark, so I replaced it with a high-strength fishing line and lure rod, and the electric reel is to ensure that the pay-off and reeling are more convenient, using the towing fishing method. ”
"Then you don't have to stop the yacht? I think it's very fast now, it's 50 knots? "The speed of 50 knots is 50 knots per hour, and one nautical mile is equal to 1.85 kilometers.
"No, now there is a speed of 60 knots, and at high speeds, you can only perform trolling fishing." As he spoke, Mars began to hold the fishing rod in his hand, dragging a special fishing rig, a thick line, and a large hook, and the line dragged in the sea, alarming the fish on the surface of the water, attracting the faster fish to take the bait, which is also the essence of towing fishing.
Only tuna and the like can catch up with the 60-knot yacht and eat live shrimp on the hook. Li Cheng entered the cabin and took two cans of Coke from the refrigerator, threw one to Mars, and asked curiously, "Is there a long gap between the time for the dragging fisherman to take the bait?" ”
"According to my experience, tuna is more frequent in this area, and it shouldn't take long to get a big guy." Mars always has a fishing rod in his hand, and there is a motor next to it, which is the power to drive the electric reel, and sometimes too big a fish can be dragged up by manpower alone.
While they were chatting, Mars sensed the drag force coming from the fishing rod, smiled, and said, "Haha, the fish is hooked, the show begins!" Mars started the motor winding wheel, and with the roar of the engine, Li Cheng saw a big guy, roughly estimated to be at least about 2 meters long and weighing about 400 kilograms.
"Cheng, you are my lucky star! I caught bluefin tuna for the first time! You can eat sashimi today. Mars was so excited that Mars, who was 2 meters tall and weighed more than 200 kilograms, was like a brown bear, easily catching the bluefin tuna with the help of an electric reel.
Bluefin tuna is the largest species of tuna and is also known as true tuna. The body is short and strong, tapered and elongated, with caudal fins crossed; The color from the base to the side of the body is bright, the upper body is dark blue, the fins are dark dark, the small fins are yellowish, and the raised crest of the caudal peduncle is black. The whole body is scaly, the mouth is quite large, the eyes are not large, and the pectoral fin is short, and the end is less than the center of the first dorsal fin, which is the most characteristic of this species.
The body length is generally 1~3 meters, the largest one is more than 3 meters long, and the weight is more than 700 kilograms.
The average size is 200~400 kg. Caught at less than 1 per cent of the world's total tuna catch, this type of tuna grows slowly, has a high fat content, tastes good and is expensive, and is mainly suitable for high-grade sashimi.
This can also prove why Mars is so happy, generally speaking, Mars catches mostly yellowfin and albacore, which are used to make canned food, while bluefin tuna can be eaten freshly to make sashimi.
The bluefin tuna was dragged to the deck by Mars, and the savage Mars directly knocked it to death with a hammer, and then ran to the cabin to find a set of knives to deal with the 2-meter-long bluefin tuna, Li Cheng is not very familiar with the structure of marine fish, let alone the rare number of bluefin tuna.
I could only watch from the side how Mars tinkered, with an attitude of learning. After an hour or so, a stack of iceberg-like sashimi was served, and Mars slowed down the yacht to about 10 knots so that it could eat and enjoy the sea, the blue sky, and the white clouds.
What a pleasure to enjoy sashimi and cold beer in the afternoon sun!
Mars selected the most tender part of the bluefin tuna and made this "Alpine frozen sashimi", which is quite good-looking, and under the direct sunlight, Li Cheng saw that the sashimi was attached to it, as thin as a cicada's wings, which shows that Mars's knife work is first-class.
Mars, as a former sergeant major of the French Foreign Legion, has practiced a stunt in his military career, when using knives, he can do whatever he wants, generally using a saber, and is a good hand at playing with knives, so when Li Cheng gave him a Tang knife, he went to the front as soon as possible, and also learned about the maintenance method of the Tang knife, and regarded this Tang knife as life, and brought it to sea this time.
"Mars, your cooking skills are good, this sashimi is as good as a chef in a three-Michelin restaurant!" Li Cheng was surprised and authentic, sandwiched a piece of sashimi, put it in the soy sauce dish, and ate it in his mouth, it was smooth and tender, very chewy, and there was no fishy smell, and the tip of his tongue was rich in the taste of the sea, like a bluefin tuna jumping in his mouth.
Very satisfying and enjoyable! It has to be said that Mars is also a person who can use chopsticks, and as a gourmet, he also travels around the world to taste food, and this Alpine frozen sashimi is borrowed from the frozen sashimi of Mount Fuji.
And that country also uses chopsticks, so Mars also prepared a Japanese-style tableware in the cabin, which is in line with Li Cheng's eating habits, but the seasoning dish may also be Japanese-style soy sauce and mustard, which is slightly different from what Li Cheng usually eats.
In addition to cold beer, Mars also took a large bottle of sake, Li Cheng was not disgusted, after all, many things in this country came from China, what is there to be jealous of.
After drinking a glass of sake and eating a lot of sashimi, Li Cheng was full of vitality and thought about fishing a big guy, but he was also curious about the tableware and seasonings in Mars's yacht, so he asked: "Mars, do you often go to a certain country?" ”
"Yes, I have a few ** in that country, and I also know the American [***] officers stationed there, where they occasionally go to have fun, you know, where a certain industry is very developed." Mars looked obscene, and Li Cheng secretly thought to himself: "Mars, this kid is too unclean, but if this guy doesn't vent, it's easy to cause trouble!" ”
Li Cheng for this Alpine frozen sashimi, very appreciative, so that Mars is very useful, thinking about the strength of Li Cheng, then into the cabin, engaged in a few Chinese dishes, fortunately in the yacht all kinds of materials, seasonings are extremely sound, Mars previously said that did not bring food over, it was a complete joke, this such a luxurious yacht, not only all kinds of complete, the area is still quite large, luxury 24 meters of specifications, there are sofas, double beds, single beds, desks, dining tables, wardrobes, bookcases, low cabinets, Coffee tables, chairs, vanity tables, kitchen cabinets, etc.
The area with two people on board is even more spacious, and with this size of the boat, there is no problem for 4-5 people, but 9 people are crowded.
Generally speaking, the yacht can carry 9 people, and more than 20 people belong to the series of passenger ships.
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