Chapter 661: Day 1

"I think we can change the strategy, how many teams are there in total? Are there any local fishing teams in Australia? Hong Tao saw that everyone's emotions made Babu a little depressed, and he had to come forward to say a few words, if he didn't feel that he couldn't do it before he played, it would definitely be no good result.

"There are a total of 31 teams registered, and there are five local Australian fishing teams, one of which is called the Tasman, whose boat is called Boomerang, and has won two championships this year, one in South Africa and one in New Zealand." Yarborough is a banker, he has a good memory, and he doesn't have to think about the game, he blurts out.

"We can do this, we will follow this boomerang for the first three days of the race, and we will go wherever it goes, as long as it is outside the specified distance of the race. In this case, we should have a better chance of encountering schools of fish, after all, they are all locals and are more familiar with the area. As long as there are fish, I think we have a better chance of winning, Paul, is that a foul? Hong Tao said his thoughts.

"If it's outside of the rules, it shouldn't be considered a foul, and I think that's a good way to do it, although it's a little bit tricky, but it's within the rules." Paul agrees with Hong Tao's approach.

"I'm against it, it's dishonorable, you should rely on your ability to win the game 100 percent." Captain Babu disagreed with Hong Tao's suggestion.

"I don't think there's anything disgraceful about it, boxing matches can also hug each other to get respite when you're at a disadvantage, which is very common in sports competitions, and I support giving it a try." The second person to approve of Hong Tao was Cavill, and he also gave examples of the rationale for doing so.

"Babu, you are still living in the Middle Ages, as long as the rules allow, it is fair competition, and we all live in the rules. It's not fair to put a stricter rule on yourself! Philip also spoke, trying to convince Babu from his professional point of view, and apparently he also thought that Hong Tao's solution would work.

"Philip and Arrborough, what do you two think?" As soon as Paul saw that the situation was favorable to his side, he immediately began to ask the last two people for their opinions, and as long as one of them agreed, then Hongtao's suggestion could be implemented.

"The word brilliance does not exist in our banking industry, if everything is done with brilliance. Then we'll all be bankrupt. Yarborough the Bald spoke softly, like a breeze, but the content of his words was extremely cold, and the light behind the lenses of his glasses flashed like that of a viper, and although he did not specify who he was for, his words made his opinion clear.

"Hong Tao, you said it was only the first three days, but what about the last three days? I don't think you're done yet, and I'd like to hear your advice before making a decision. "Tall Philip didn't say who to support and who not to support. Instead, let Hong Tao continue to finish.

"That's what I think, we use the first three days to try to catch more and heavier effective fish, and then we use the second three days to find a fishing ground on our own. In this way, the results of the competition are guaranteed again, and we can also exercise our own ability, which should be regarded as a win-win situation. Hong Tao also said the back half of his words.

In fact, he is a kind of compromise. It will not only strive for better results, but also save some face for Captain Babu. Because he didn't trust this Captain Barb very much, he had only been to Australia twice this time. How familiar are you with the seas? Sea fishing is not like freshwater fishing, the angler's skill, ability, and experience are not the main factors here, if you want to get good results, you must first rely on the captain, there is a captain who is familiar with this water, and novices can catch a lot of fish. In this respect, Captain Babu is not as effective as an old fisherman in Hobart Harbour, but unfortunately this kind of competition has to be registered in advance, and no random substitutions can be made.

"I agree with Hong Tao's approach, our results this year are very bad, if this competition does not perform well, we will not get Hatres's sponsorship next year, so this competition is not only a competition, but also a major event that determines the fate of our fishing team, if we can get good results without violating the rules, do not let our fishing team disband, we should all do it, this is responsible for our fishing team, Babu you don't want to be a captain next year, we can only sit on a small sailboat and fish at the door of the house." The tall Philip was very eloquent, and even pulled out the responsibilities and rights when he fished, and finally gave Babu a vision of losing the game.

"Since you all agree, let's do it, but only for three days! We have to fish ourselves for the next three days! Seeing that his old friends were on the opposite side of him, Babu was powerless to oppose it, so he had to conditionally agree to Hong Tao's suggestion.

The rest of the day was spent in the lavender manor for only one training trip to the sea, to test whether the cleaned air intakes were working. Every morning at 7 o'clock, a team of morning joggers will appear in the purple lavender field, and this is Hong Tao's fishing team conducting physical strengthening training. Running a full 6 days on the sea is very physically demanding, and even if you just stand on a boat and do nothing, you will be tired at the end of the day, because it takes physical strength to maintain your balance on the deck. In order to accumulate more physical strength, the athlete Cavill can be regarded as a use, he deliberately according to everyone's physical condition, draw up a short-term exercise plan, from morning jogging to gym equipment to sea water swimming every afternoon, only Hong Tao can be exempted from some items at his discretion, because he has to be responsible for the team's food work.

Since Hong Tao and the others were busy from morning to night, they didn't have time to pay Erin and Katie to play, so the sisters turned their attention to the local family who looked at the house. There is a son in the family who has just graduated from high school and is on vacation at home, but it only took 2 days for the sisters to capture this silly boy, and he became a free guide, attendant, porter and bodyguard for Sister Erin.

The three of them were quite capable of tossing, and just one day before Hong Tao and their race, the Irene sisters also announced a travel plan that they would take a train from Hobart to the central and northern parts of the island, and it would take about 4 days to return.

"Let's go! I don't send it! Hong Tao wished they would get out of the way, since he came to the lavender manor, he sweated violently during the day to accumulate physical fitness, and sweated violently at night to consume physical energy, not only did he not feel three-dimensional and energetic for a few days, but he felt that his back hurt and sweated, and sometimes he even wondered, will the fragrance of these lavender have an aphrodisiac effect?

In the early morning of the 16th, before dawn, there was movement in the lavender manor, Hong Tao and the rest of the fishing team began to load the sea necessities and equipment prepared in the past few days into the car, and then pulled to the dock and loaded the boat, after packing everything, all boarded the ship, untied the cable and turned on, and headed towards Hobart Harbour, at this time a red sun had just risen from the sea level.

Port Elizabeth is bustling today as dozens of fishing boats from all over the world are home to the Hobart Deep Sea Trolling Competition, organised by the World Federation of Sports of Sea Fishing. There were not only anglers participating in the competition, but also many locals and tourists who came to see the excitement, and Hong Tao even saw several very professional cheerleaders, presumably organized by the sponsors of the competition.

The rest of the crowd are newspapers, television and fishing magazines, but the atmosphere is not as lively as the FLW competition, and the competition scene is not as professional as the Americans. Everyone just did a short opening ceremony, and then with a whistle, the competition officially began.

All participating boats do not rush out of the port in a swarm, the participants are required to register a few days before the competition, and will also be given a boat number, which is sorted by this number at the time of departure, each departure of 6 fishing boats, 3 minutes apart in the second batch.

Hong Tao and their Manhattan were in the first wave of departures, which made it easier for them to track down the red and white Boomerang. Although Captain Babu is not very familiar with the fish in this area, he has been in the Navy for half his life, and it is no problem to track a small speedboat. And he controlled the distance and position between the two ships so cleverly that the Manhattan was almost at the same level as the Boomerang a few hundred meters away, only slightly behind, making it difficult to tell who was following whom.

The deep-sea trolling competition takes place in the Tasman Sea between Tasmania and New Zealand's South Island, and the organising committee will issue a chart showing the area of the competition to the participating boats, as well as update the map of the GPS navigation devices on all the participating boats. This sea area is almost a long quadrilateral, more than 200 kilometers long from east to west, more than 150 kilometers wide from north to south, and the nearest place from Tasmania is about 70 kilometers, which is almost a one-hour voyage.

This area of water is where the warm currents from the north meet the cold waters from Antarctica, and during this season there are many schools of sardines, which attract schools of tuna, dolphins, and large marlins that feed on tuna, so if you want to catch marlin, you have to look for schools of sardines, and if you find them and follow them, you can meet those marlins or tuna.

"Babu, they seem to have slowed down, did they find something?" As a foreign aid invited by the fishing team, Hong Tao and Captain Babu stood on the flybridge together, Babu was responsible for driving the fishing boat, and Hong Tao was responsible for holding a telescope to observe the enemy's situation. (To be continued......)