Shortly after Cavill caught the fish, the rod in front of Hong Tao caught the fish again. Opportunity is sometimes quite interesting, and in the case of fishing, whether it is seawater or freshwater, this scene often occurs. If your fishing rod is the first to hit the fish, and then for a long time this rod is the one with the highest rate of fishing, as for what this principle is, Hong Tao has studied for a long time, and has not come to a reliable conclusion.

Anyway, the second effective fish on the second day of the competition came, and this time Hong Tao was not so lucky, this fish felt the danger from the moment he hit the hook, so a protracted battle began again. As on the first day, Hong Tao and Cavill took turns to sit in the combat chair and fight with the fish, and when necessary, Babu would also take a top, and after more than 2 hours of struggle, just as it was about to return to the sea, it was finally able to get it up.

The second marlin was slightly smaller than the first, and Babu estimated that it was also around 7 or 800 pounds, and since the time for the return voyage was up, everyone could only sail away from this fortunate water, braving light rain and wind and waves, and sailing towards Hobart Harbour.

Of course, Hong Tao and the others did not completely violate the rules, and radioed the situation of the fish to the other participants of the organizing committee after lunch, but due to the wind, waves and distance problems, not a single fishing boat came, and it was a boat on the Manhattan that chased the fish here all afternoon.

Back at port, the Manhattan was the big winner on the second day of the race, earning a total of 400 points for 1,893 pounds of marlin, and Hatterres' second team jumped to fourth place in the overall standings, just 200 points away from first place, which is a fish away. And they also topped the single-tailed marlin list with a single weight of 1,101 pounds, and the second place was caught by yesterday's champion team at just over 700 pounds.

A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance. After the two Philip had lunch, the symptoms of seasickness were much better, and when they landed on the shore and weighed them, they were basically alive and kicking up, and when the results were announced, the two of them cheered the loudest, and they couldn't tell that they had vomited for most of the day.

"Are you two lazy today?" On the way back, Hong Tao protested to the two Phillips.

"I swear to God, I really can't move, the game is over just after the afternoon, and to make up for the performance of both of us today, I decided to invite everyone to the best restaurant in Hobart in the evening!" The big-bellied Philip hastened to clarify. And with a very sincere attitude, he tried to get the forgiveness of other people.

So, we didn't have to worry about dinner again, everyone went back to the lavender manor to take a shower and change clothes, and then went back to Hobart city, and according to the route inquired in advance, a little south of the train station, they found the Western restaurant that is said to be the best in Hobart.

This western restaurant called EthosEatDrink is located in a small quaint stone castle, and was introduced by the waiter. Built in 1820, this small castle has a long history and a unique purpose, as it was a prison for felons sent from England. The lobby of the restaurant is the lobby of the prison, and behind the rusty iron doors around it are the cells where felons are kept.

The menu is simple, with a total of 8 main dishes. Curious, Hong Tao ordered a dish of grilled Australian salmon with white truffle and a lamb chop grilled with leatherwood honey, and the two dishes tasted very different. The honey-grilled lamb chops are very tasty, not only do they have no smell. And the lamb chops fed with honey are extremely tender; But the taste of grilled salmon is really unacceptable to Hong Tao, the fish is a good fish, the meat quality is very good, but the taste of white truffle is not very suitable for Hong Tao's taste, that thing is actually a little stinky, a stinky garlic smell.

"How many times more expensive is this thing than a black truffle? I don't want it for nothing, I spend 1 yuan to buy a handful of leeks and put them in a plastic bag for two days to cover this taste! When Paul complained that Hong Tao picked out all the white truffles and left them on the plate, Hong Tao made his own evaluation of Western food's preference for using this ingredient for flavor, which is not worth a penny!

On the issue of cooking, Hong Tao has more say than fishing, at least in this group of people, he said that he is the second, and no one dares to say the first, the actual situation is here, saying that a table of dishes will be made out of a table, and there are almost no names you can name, and the taste is very good, so no one dares to stand up and say that what Hong Tao said is not right, as for what they think in their hearts, then Hong Tao can't care.

Originally, the big-bellied Philip also planned to let everyone go to the bar to relax, but except for the other big man Philip, everyone else was not in this interest, and the whole day of fighting with the sea and the big fish had tormented them to be very tired, and now the best way is to go back to sleep quickly, and tomorrow there will be a sea race, and the only thing I can hope for now is to have a good weather tomorrow.

"It's a nice day, we finally don't have to throw up anymore, and I feel the bed shaking when I go to bed at night." When he came to the dock again the next day, Philip with a big belly looked at the big sun on the sea to the east, and finally put his mind at ease, and he said last night that if the weather was still so bad tomorrow, he would not plan to get on the boat.

After the wind and waves of the previous day, Hong Tao felt that the current sea surface was simply a mirror, and those small waves that were more than one meter high were simply too gentle and not powerful at all, just to remind the people on the boat that this is the sea.

The ship is not dizzy, but the trouble is coming again, hot! Intense heat! Hong Tao wondered if the hole in the ozone layer was on top of his head, otherwise how could this sunlight be so vicious, shining on people's skin like small needle tips, stinging and stinging, even if the sunscreen was applied too much, it was useless. Even white people like Paul, who saw the sun dying, couldn't bear the sun's exposure and hid in the main cabin.

Although there is air conditioning in the cabin, but the big guy is out fishing, you can't always blow the air conditioning in the main cabin, if you want to be comfortable, it is better to stay at home and not come out, wouldn't it be better. Once again, Babu showed the ordeal he had gone through, not turning on the air conditioning even when the flybridge was air-conditioned, and still opening the rear hatch and sticking to the bridge.

Another person who is not afraid of the heat is the big-bellied Philip, who is said to have spent many years in Brazil and Mexico when he was younger, and has become immune to this kind of exposure and heat, as long as the awning on the back deck is opened a little to block the direct sun, he can sit on the sofa on the back deck and drink beer.

"Hong Tao, where are we going today?" Babu no longer treats Hong Tao as an outsider, and the colonel's shelf is no longer held, and he has to ask Hong Tao about fishing before he executes it, which is a bit overkill.

"Today is the third day, let's follow the boomerang according to the original plan, yesterday the wind and waves were too strong to lose it, today it is our guide." Hong Tao had already taken off his shirt, but the top of the flybridge had been sunburned, and it was like a big steamer inside, and the skin on his body was steamed, and it was pink.

"If it's hot, go down and rest for a while, now the boat is fast, and it's a little windy, and when you find a school of fish, it's even hotter when the boat slows down." Babu was still wearing his white navy soft-brimmed hat, and he hadn't taken off his shirt, and although there were sweat stains on his armpits and back, he didn't look very hot.

"Why aren't you afraid of the heat? It's probably going to be 40 degrees here, right? Hong Tao is very curious about Babu's physique, if it is said that it is practiced without seasickness, can it be practiced if he is afraid of cold and heat?

"When I just graduated from the naval school, I served on a nuclear-powered attack submarine, although the submarine has an air circulation system and air conditioning equipment, but every time I pass through the tropical seas, the captain will turn off part of the air conditioning, and only use the air circulation for long-dive training, sometimes it is 1 or 2 days, sometimes it is a week, at that time the temperature in the submarine is not lower than here, and it is hotter in the engine room, I am used to it, if you go there for a few months, you are still not afraid of the heat.

"What model of nuclear-powered submarine are you serving? Is there a typhoon? "Hong Tao began to provoke again, the day before yesterday it was a destroyer, this time it was a submarine.

"I can't tell you this, there are confidentiality regulations, submarines are different from destroyers, and it will be very dangerous if someone else finds out the area of activity, but I can tell you that the Typhoon-class submarine that touches me is dead, the Typhoon is a ballistic missile nuclear submarine, and mine is an attack nuclear submarine, which is not a weapon at all, and I will not discuss this issue with you." Babu learned to be obedient this time, and directly cut the topic to death.

"Cut, it's boring!" Hong Tao saw that his intentions were recognized, and knew that this place was not suitable for a long time, so he walked down the internal stairs down the main cabin.

"Let's have a beer, this weather is so uncomfortable, yesterday it was still windy and rough, and now it is the Indian Ocean!" Paul and Cavill were blowing the air conditioner and drinking cold beer on the couch in the main cabin, when they saw Hong Tao coming down and threw one over.

"I think the deck is almost sunburned, the boomerang has been running for more than an hour, where the hell is it going!" Hong Tao took a sip of cold beer, and his whole body was a little relieved, no longer like a sauna.

"Who knows, they've been running east, and they're going to be 20 nautical miles to the easternmost part of the fishing area." Paul pointed to the bridge in the main cabin, where there was also a set of nautical equipment and control systems, and the GPS navigator was showing the navigation route and fishing area of the fishing boat at this time.

"It looks like they're going to have a big fight today, I hope you don't find a school of fish, I'm afraid you'll get heat stroke from fishing in this hellish weather!" Hong Tao has no desire to fish at all, just to be able to spend this day comfortably. (To be continued......)