Indeed, these courses are indeed worthy of the three words "collection of masterpieces", and the number of subsequent lectures and the complexity of the subjects have made these young people who only have a high school degree experience a hard mental work.

After learning these courses, many people suddenly find that those physical training classes and practical exercises that were originally regarded as daunting by everyone are now so cute.

In these courses, there are a lot of professional terms alone, in addition to the basic concepts of sailing, downwind shifting, turning against the wind, and steering downwind, there are also a variety of ship-specific terms, as well as countless sail names, what spinnakers, square sails, Galvo sails, inner spinnakers, outer spinnakers, foremast, strands, backmast, high sails, ball sails, top sails, Spinneric sails, and so on......

In addition, during the daytime near shore sailing, I also increased the knowledge of how to use and observe tides and currents, and sometimes I had to board the ship in the middle of the night to judge the direction and geographical location through astronomical stars, and learn about short-term climate judgment and storm prediction.

In addition, there are currents, swells, and reef navigation, as well as navigational etiquette, various written and unwritten rules and customs of sea navigation, and even all kinds of strange superstitions of seafarers.

In addition, in addition to the contents of the navigation sounds, flags, lights, etc., which were taught a while ago, the notes alone made people memorize several thick books.

Although these contents often made the students dizzy and confused, what made Gu Jin very satisfied was that no one in this group complained bitterly, and there was no skipping class, and they all listened very carefully, and then went back to the dormitory to remember hard.

The theory class is not easy, and the daily practical operation on the boat is even more frustrating.

Because, Captain Gu's training content is all dry goods.

On the first day of the formal all-weather training, all the trainees cleaned the deck for a morning under the supervision of Gu and Li, and after finishing the work, they immediately learned about the various equipment on the ship, in addition to the weapon system, the major aspects such as masts, sails, elevators, radio communications, and power equipment, not to mention some details: such as a winch, a sail reel, a steering wheel, and a large number of handcrank handles for retracting and releasing sails.

The next thing is to learn to tie all kinds of knots, Captain Gu asked everyone to learn some basic knotting methods, what is the figure eight knot, single arlot, flat knot, double half knot, clove knot......

In addition, you will learn how to repair sails, arrange ropes, store things, and so on.

You will also be trained how to work on a rocking boat, including daily life, and you will have to learn everything from the details, even how to urinate in the simple toilet on the side of the boat.

Gu Jin sternly warned the trainees that it is inconspicuous to complete the defecation and defecation on the side of the rocking ship, although it is inconspicuous, but don't underestimate it, the temporary toilet is on the side of the ship, if you don't want to be thrown into the sea at a convenient time, this training subject is very important!

As for hoisting, lowering and steering, it is a daily routine, and in the advanced practical courses, you will also learn how to temporarily add and open the foresail, how to manually assemble the mainsail in case of mechanical failure, how to raise the mainsail, how to retract and when, etc. Later, according to Captain Gu's request, a course on fitting sails was also added.

According to Captain Gu, if you don't double the calluses on each of your hands, you won't be able to let you go to sea independently.

In addition, everyone also has to learn the mechanical principles of the engine, must be able to understand the three-view mechanical diagram, and must learn to deal with the general failure of the engine and ship machinery, of course, this course is Luo Boss Chengdong Huanghai several people take turns, well, this note is a thick one.

Just when everyone felt that their brains were running out of money, one day Captain Gu took out a few strange things to show everyone, and then turned around and handed them to Li Sanduo, who immediately told the students that this thing is called a sextant, and each of you must give me an hour to master the accurate use of this instrument......

Gu Jin emphasized that all this is something that must be mastered before the voyage, and those who fail to master the skills will not be allowed to go to sea with the ship!

Gu Jin also divided all the people who participated in the training into five groups: engine, steering, sailing, lookout and pilot, and machine gun, and the team members took turns, ensuring that everyone had to go through all the training content of the above groups within a week, and then cycle again until everyone passed the training in all fields.

A week later, Captain Gu announced that he would add fishing operations after going to sea.

However, the problem is that no one in the training team has any experience of fishing at sea except for Liu Yishuang, a few of the fishermen's children - fishing for fish and shrimp in the small river ditch is the childlike fun of many young people in their childhood, but even Liu Yishuang and them know little about going to sea to fish, because he has not been out to sea for a few years before crossing, obviously lack of practical experience.

As for Captain Gu, Li Sanduo, Zhu Beiguo and Xu Zhi, they seem to have only experience in sea fishing, and when it comes to fishing with nets, they can only look at the vast sea with a confused face.

Well, everyone is a layman, but Captain Gu said: If you can't catch it, you can catch it blindly, and no one is born with it!

So for the next ten days, the Pride cruised back and forth in several small bays on the island, and in addition to training, it cast its net indiscriminately, and sure enough, it was a blind catch.

Undoubtedly, it is certain that nothing is found, and it is often a net full of hope and an empty net.

However, Captain Gu is worthy of running the sea for many years, one day he had a whim, let the engine be turned on, the Stirling engine compressed the air into the air tank, and then sprayed out by the underwater nozzle, stirring up a large splash of water, where he passed, the water surface foam churned, and the result was that it attracted a school of fish.

The reason is that the water surface is stirred by the air, and the oxygen content is increased, which attracts fish and shrimp to follow.

Within a few days, the students used this method to fish, and finally avoided the embarrassment of returning empty-handed, and everyone's table was also rich.

However, this method was not continued to be applied later, first of all, because the catch was a bit large and it could not be eaten at one time. Although later, under the auspices of Lao Wang Lao Zhu and Liu Yishuang, a child of a fisherman, everyone went into battle on Sunday to learn to dry dried fish and make salted fish, but after three big harvests, this fishing method was completely abolished, and everyone returned to the aimless casting of nets and occasional harvests in the past.

The main reason is that it is too fuel-intensive.

Like Nicole, the Pride itself has high-quality coal, but the quantity is much smaller than Nicole, only 200 tons, and such a small amount of fuel obviously cannot be burned until everyone gets the coal supply from the outside world.

The first two weeks after the three-day New Year's Day holiday are the busiest time for everyone, and everyone has endless work to do every day, except for those who are training in navigation, whether in the fields or in the brick and cement factories......

Two weeks after the navigation training, Gu Jin proposed to the General Affairs Coordination Committee that according to the current training results, I think that we can enter the practical training of the voyage, Gu Jin also admitted that the progress is half a month ahead of the expected training process, but he feels that everyone has made rapid progress in the past week, if you want the trainees to meet the training standards required for the voyage as soon as possible, it is necessary to carry out navigation training away from land as soon as possible.

However, the General Affairs Coordination Committee was concerned about the dangers of navigating away from land, after all, for the vast majority of the cadets, this was the first time that the new daughter-in-law had been in a sedan chair.

To be honest, except for Gu Jin and Li Sanduo, no one in this group of people has really stayed away from land, even Zhu Beiguo and Xu Zhi.

The two of them had a pre-crossing voyage of the nature of a ticket, and it was also a nearshore voyage, and as soon as the naked eye could not see the land, they hurried back, and this kind of voyage was actually almost the same as the nature of the training voyage on the Pride in recent weeks.

However, Gu Jin and Li Sanduo believe that this is a step to go out sooner or later anyway, and this time the route is simplified, the plan is to start from the red pier and go south, to the big island in the south - Bentinke Island, if the wind direction is right, the Pride will sail in a straight line at full speed in less than two hours, and then continue south to reach the Australian mainland, if you are in a hurry, the whole journey will only take about half a day, so you can rest assured that we are not far from the land, And the time away from land is not too long, Gu Jin also said that at night will only do low-speed navigation near the shore, so the danger can be minimized.

In the end, Gu Jin's proposal was submitted to the plenary meeting for discussion, and all the students voted in favor without hesitation, and in the end, it was finally unanimously approved.

Sure enough, going to sea as early as possible is the biggest public opinion in this group......