In the end, on the morning of the third day, with the applause and encouragement of everyone, Li and Zhu finally completed this training project that challenged both physical strength and skills.

The time for everyone to achieve the training results was actually shortened by half compared to the estimate, and Captain Gu was happy that everyone was able to complete this training project in such a short time, and then praised everyone's performance verbally.

This is indeed commendable, because it means that everyone's physical fitness and skills are not what they used to be, and the quality of business has reached a new level.

On the evening of January 6, Gu Jin announced that the practical operation on board would officially begin tomorrow morning.

The trainees were very excited, and although the material handling work on Sydney Island had not yet been completed, and there was only half a day of practical operation on board every day, everyone was still very happy.

For the cadets who have gone through various preliminary trainings, it is really a special feeling to be able to change into the uniform blue seafarer's jersey and officially board the deck of the Pride, and for most of them, they are no longer the weak otaku of two years ago.

Contrary to most people's expectations, the first training session was in the engine room, and the Pride was a hybrid sailboat, which meant that the training was not only about sailing, but also about motorized sailing.

The most impressive thing for everyone was the practical training of the turbine unit, when the Stirling engine began to rumble under the demonstration operation of Captain Gu, everyone quickly experienced what it means to have a harsh working environment.

It didn't take long for the Stirling engine to run before the engine room was filled with smoke and dust, and the environment seemed to be a match for Nicole's engine room, in short, it was a space where stuffiness and noise were intertwined.

The only thing that's better than Nicole's engine room is that the fuel is slightly easier, after all, it's easier to turn three 50-kilowatt engines around than it is to run two three-expansion 2,500-horsepower steam engines.

If we want to talk about everyone's feelings about the training in the following days, everyone who went to the bilge engine room for four hours in a shift to burn the boiler thought that the training sessions that followed, especially those on the upper deck, the sails were stacked, the mast climbed to the lookout, and so on, were as easy as a piece of cake.

After about a week of tossing, the handling work on Sydney Island finally ended, so the sailing training entered the all-weather mode, and at this stage, Gu Jin's training for everyone took another step.

First of all, all the trainees took turns to try to be helmsmen and sailors on the Pride under the supervision of Gu and Li, and the basic background training content was how to sail in the wind at sea.

Discerning the direction and force of the wind, and then adopting the corresponding sail operation plan, is the focus of the young students in the navigation theory course, and everyone has always attached great importance to this content, and everyone has learned it very seriously.

However, when it comes to concrete practice, many people can't react, and it is obvious that this training content is very beneficial for those who have had practical experience.

For Zhu Beiguo and Xu Zhi, who once drove a dhow to sail by themselves, they are really superior in this regard.

After all, these two people had taken classes in the old world sailing school for half a year before, and the foundation was there, and the former had sailed around Hainan Island by boat, and the latter had also sailed along the coast of Fujian to western Guangdong.

There are also Peng Qiang and Hu Xiaolin who have good training results, the two of them are usually willing to work hard in learning and training, and the two are really interested in boats, others think that sailing training is hard, but they are happy and devote themselves wholeheartedly, so good results should also be.

However, these two were severely punished by Captain Gu a while ago.

Probably because of their outstanding training performance, the self-confidence of the two of them was a little bursting, and last Sunday, the two gathered a few accomplices and actually wanted to use the rest day to secretly drive the Pride out to play. The most excessive thing is that it also includes three children in Taotaohai, Donghai, and Hainan.

The news was leaked by a young man who was not strict with his mouth, so this group of people was gathered together by Gu Jin and severely reprimanded.

For the initiators Peng Qiang and Hu Xiaolin, Gu Jin said, since the two of you like to get on the ship so much, then let you get on the ship in advance, so the two were punished to clean the Pride deck for an afternoon, and the three children also accompanied the two to clean the deck on the Pride for two hours......

The ordinary voyage at sea was completed quickly, and even if there was no practical experience, after a few laps at sea, this group of young people could basically master all kinds of skills to sail against the wind, and the rest was a matter of proficiency.

The next lesson is how to get the sailboat to set sail, return to the dock and dock safely and smoothly.

Gu Jin told everyone that this was the most basic project to train everyone to be captains, and every student was very excited about it, because it made each of them take turns to pass the addiction of being a captain and giving orders.

But the initial training effect can only be described in four words: miserable.

Because this kind of very practical project is very testing people's feelings, the trainees found that those seemingly very simple actions of setting sail and berthing at the dock are really a meticulous technical work, and people who do not have a grasp of the movement characteristics of the ship in the water cannot control it at all, jokes are small, and accidents are real.

During the period of being "captains", the trainees repeatedly deviated from the channel and crashed into the dinghy on the sea as a "reef", or directly hit the buoy that simulated the "pier" when mooring at the pier, so the surging hearts of this group of young people finally gradually quieted down, and it seems that they still need to calm down and practice hard, if they can't even do well out of the port and berth, then don't think about sailing to the sea.

In the months that followed, in addition to the hard training of these elementary practical movements, the theoretical courses in navigation became more and more advanced, the subjects became more and more complex.

Gu Jin and Li Sanduo sorted out various training materials in the computer data room very early, and compiled a series of training materials from elementary to advanced.

The basic framework was based on the nautical training programs of several internationally renowned sailing clubs in the Old World, combined with the training subjects of naval sailors in many countries, and even advanced courses for naval officers, and finally the two came up with an all-encompassing training material.

The students' theoretical classes are usually in the evening, because there are cultural classes to be held, so these professional classes are generally one hour per night, with Gu Jin as the main lecturer and Li Sanduo as the assistant teaching.

Because the content of these courses was very rich and innovative, they were very popular with everyone, and even attracted many non-nautical trainers to come and audit, and later, the audience also included "old people" such as Sun Wang Juba.

There is only one copy of the textbook, which is still copied by hand with the help of Xia Xiaoou and Cheng Fangfang, who manage the reference room, and there is no printer in the computer reference room, which is both consumable and cannot be made by yourself, so the students are required to take notes.

As for the textbooks for taking notes, they are the student workbooks in the supermarket. Gu Jin emphasized that a good memory is not as good as a bad pen, everyone has to make their own notes, these contents are the only one in the new world, you have learned the hand, and you will have to train others in the future, don't forget, everyone here is the seed of our future navigation career, you not only have to do your own business, but also shoulder the responsibility of spreading the leaves.

Therefore, Captain Gu asked the people who listened to the lecture to try to record every word and every point that the instructor said, for you, this is an intangible wealth, because in this era, the inheritance of sailing skills depends on the help of masters and apprentices, and word of mouth, there is no systematic training at all, and these courses are the culmination of hundreds of years of human sailing experience, and are valuable training materials.