It will take at least two or three days to wait for the sea water inside to dry out, which is obviously not something I want to wait.

This again had to drain all the water in the bucket before continuing to build the superstructure, only to be delayed for another whole day, and summer was getting closer and closer......

In fact, the most troublesome thing about this boat is the two-story raft, and the superstructure is relatively simple, that is, the guardrails around the perimeter and the wooden stakes in the middle, which can be completed in only one or two days if it is fast.

At the beginning of May, the ship had not yet been built, and before that it had to be delayed by other things, this thing was sweet potatoes!

The sweet potato vines are already of the right length and need to be transplanted soon, and it must be more important to explore the island in search of fresh water in terms of urgency, but it is not a day's work.

On the contrary, sweet potatoes can be transplanted in just one or two days, and there is not much time to lose, so the sweet potatoes can only be transplanted into the ground first.

The year before last, due to drought and typhoons, the harvest of various crops was very insufficient, but last year the scale was expanded a lot, and corn and sweet potatoes were expanded, and two-thirds of the acres were planted.

Although the yield is high, it takes more time to harvest, and what is even more distressing is that last year's sweet potatoes rotted at least more than 200 catties.

In view of the fact that there are too many losses in vain, it is very distressing, the yield of this season will be appropriately reduced, and the planting area will be maintained at about half an acre, which should be more than 1,000 catties according to last year's unit output.

That's enough for me at this stage, and any amount of more will only rot if it's left for too long.

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The superstructure of the ship is not complicated, only a wooden stake with the thickness of a calf is erected as a pillar for the sail, and this pillar will be about three meters high.

In addition, a circle of wooden piles will be used around the boat to make a one-meter-high guardrail to ensure the safety of the items on board, and I will feel more secure.

It is difficult for a small boat to have a chance to move smoothly on the sea, almost all of them rise and fall with the waves, swinging left and right, assuming that if you don't make a guardrail, the things on the boat will be turned into the sea in the swing without thinking, and even if I am unstable, there is a risk of falling.

Of course, these situations are not what I want to see, and I can climb back into the boat if I fall down, but many things will sink directly to the bottom of the sea if they fall into the sea, and I will never be able to find them again.

Everything I can bring on board is my precious treasure, which directly determines my living conditions and ability to survive, and everything must not be lost!

The pillar is to drill a hole the thickness of a bowl in the center of the ship, and then insert the long tree trunk prepared in advance into the hole and fix it with nails.

The process is not too complicated, and then tie a log more than one meter long horizontally to the top of the pillar as the top of the sail, and tie a wood more than two meters long horizontally at a height of about one meter and a half, and finally fix the repaired plastic sheet on the upper and lower two logs, and a coarsest sailboat is basically completed.

Of course, the wood below is moved at a certain angle, which is convenient for adjusting the windward side, and at the same time, in the event of an emergency such as too strong wind, the sail can be lowered directly to reduce the force area.

The final guardrail was relatively simple, just digging some small holes to fasten dozens of wooden sticks more than a meter long around the ship, and tying several rounds of long wooden sticks horizontally.

The construction of the entire upper deck took only about four days, and by this time the basic work of the ship was completed!

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Don't get too excited, the completion of the main body of the ship does not mean that you will be able to go to sea immediately, and you need to make two oars to ensure the accuracy of the direction when sailing at sea.

If there is a slight deviation, the oars can be used to correct the direction at any time, and they can be used as power even when there is no wind.

This forced me to pay special attention to the oars, so much so that I overturned the initial plan to make the oars from wooden planks and replaced them with metal.

I would like to make a super large spoon out of iron, but the spoon does not have a handle, so in order not to waste iron, the grip will be replaced by a wooden stick, and only the force surface that comes into contact with water is similar to a spoon.

It's about four or five millimeters thick, about the size of a washbasin, and the finished product is pretty good for paddling.

I have to say that it is really worthy of my design and hard work, and the efficiency is at least more than twice that of an oar made of wooden boards, which is simply lovely!

After all the work of the ship is completed, the next thing is whether the indicators of the launching test can be qualified, and if it is unqualified, it must be relatively improved to avoid future troubles.

Thanks to God's recent cooperation, there is no shortage of fresh water at home, and the water in the swimming pool has been kept sufficient, otherwise the shipbuilding work would not have gone so smoothly, and the dock is still being dug now.

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The next day, I began to dig out a layer of sand from the outside of the dock to allow the sea water to enter the dock smoothly, and then slowly lift the boat.

This process is exciting, but there is also a trace of fear, I haven't been to the sea for a long time, and facing the sea again makes people involuntarily afraid!

When the height of the boat rises to sea level, I know that I can go out, and even negative psychology cannot stop the general trend of going to sea.

The hull was very heavy, and it required a lot of force to row, and it was only possible to get out of the dock by simply paddling with the oars, and it was only by finding a long branch in the woods to support it on the shore.

The water in the bay is quite calm, and at this time, you can clearly see that only the first layer of the hull is below the water level, and the second layer is completely on the water, which seems to be quite buoyant.

Then there is the going out to sea to verify its handling, which is the main thing, if you can't control the boat under the waves, all your efforts will be in vain!

The oars are very useful, but unfortunately I found that I didn't fix the grip on both sides of the boat, and I couldn't paddle on both sides at the same time without a force point, which needed to be improved, and it was also staggered when standing, and it was difficult to stand firm under the waves.

The effect of the sail is obvious when the wind is lifting, but it feels that the boat is not streamlined, and a large part of the force is removed, so it needs to be improved.

Finally, there is my technique, which is still in a hurry, and the ship does not listen to my command, which makes me feel powerless!

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The process of sea trials lasted about three hours, and the distance from the coast was only less than a kilometer, and after three hours, I was exhausted, and I vomited directly the moment I went ashore!

It is very sad to say that the ship that I built by myself did not expect to end up with such a result......

Contrary to what I thought, before I got on the boat, I thought it would be complicated, but it would not take long to fully control it, and it would be fun to be on the boat.

Results......

Where is the fun, it simply shakes people dizzy!

But after this voyage, I think I will have some resistance, and next time it should be better, and it will be better if I can improve it.

The return trip is much more skilled than the beginning of the operation, the control of the ship is not a big problem, as long as the control is in place, basically can obey the command.

Overall, the design requirements are met, but there are many things that I am not satisfied with in the process, and these places will not be much better if they are not improved next time they go to sea.

After driving the boat into the dock again, I blocked the entrances and exits with sand to prevent it from inadvertently running away on its own.

First of all, the two oars were tied to both sides of the hull with ropes, and a small door of about half a meter should be opened at the back of the hull to facilitate getting up and down and carrying items.

In addition, the gap in the guardrail was too large, so I intercepted a fishing net and surrounded it with a fishing net to ensure that the items on the boat would not be shaken out directly in the shaking.

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The wind is less utilized, probably because the shape of the hull is not very good, in order to achieve better handling, I spent a day sawing off some of the wood on both sides of the bow and making a simple triangular bow, which should be more conducive to reducing drag and increasing speed.

Finally, I had to deal with the problem of my unsteady footing during the drive, which was so serious that I didn't even have time to steer the boat, just to keep myself on my feet.

When I was at sea, I thought about adding a small pillar at the back of the station to use as my stress point, so that the boat could lean on this pillar when it was bumping so that I would not stumble or even fall!

But after thinking about it, I don't think it's what I want, I want a stool with a height of more than one meter, so that I can sit directly and drive the boat, which not only provides me with a force point, but also makes it more flexible and comfortable to paddle with the oars.

It took me more than a day to install the stool, and I was going to carry out a second test, but I still didn't dare to set off too far to the sea until I had eliminated all the problems of the ship, and it would be difficult to come back if something went wrong.

The second voyage was much smoother than the first, firstly, the proficiency was improved, and secondly, the handling quality of the boat was also quite obvious.

Finally, I didn't have to roll back and forth on it, the feeling of seasickness left me, and the speed of the boat was at least 20 percent after the bow was repaired.

Don't underestimate the 20 percent, even if you increase the 1 percent at a certain level, it will take a lot of effort.

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The speed of the ship is not bad, it can exceed the speed of five knots under normal wind conditions, that is, almost ten kilometers per hour, which is of course 108,000 miles worse than all kinds of mechanical ships.

Compared to the raft I went to the island, it was also very different, not only was it safer and more experiencely, but it could only be reached in 20 minutes under downwind conditions, which even made me want to go there now.

It's just that in the end, I still suppressed this thought, and I should wait until tomorrow when I am fully prepared, after all, it is not clear if there will be crocodiles on that island!

I have to mention that the sails can be put away, and every time the boat stops, the sails will be rolled up to prevent the boat from being taken away when the wind blows, so my efforts for almost a month will be in vain!