With the cheers of the small bowl, I also looked over, and the first impression I saw was shock, except for the shock, which can only be described as beautiful and spectacular.

It was as if we were in a crystal clear sphere of glass, and the dome was covered with vast stars, and there was no clear boundary between it and the sea. Countless moonlight jellyfish in the water, in groups, shine a ghostly light, illuminating a large area of the beach. Like the light of a jewel, the entire sea is transparent.

It's a large swarm of jellyfish with no end in sight.

"Wow! Brother Xiaoxia, there is a fountain in the water, it's so spectacular! The bowl kept clapping. I took a closer look, and sure enough, a pillar of sea water came out of the sky. "It's a blue whale!" The blue whale was not far from us, about a hundred meters. Gradually, three or four blue whales swam over, making a splash.

To identify the species of whales, in addition to looking at the appearance, experienced people usually use the water column spewed out by whales in the ocean. The water column of baleen whales is tall and long, and the water column of toothed whales is thick and short. The blue whale spews out a narrow and straight column of fog, which can reach a height of six to twelve meters.

Suddenly, the water was flooded with waves, and our boat flew up, and we looked down at the water, and a huge blue figure swam past the boat! Fifty meters away, it jumped out of the water, like a hill. It was so shocking and terrifying that I thought to myself, "It's so fucking scary, but luckily this big guy can't eat people, otherwise we wouldn't be enough to stuff our teeth!" ”

Lao Du has a poem, "Or look at the jade orchid, not the whale in the blue sea." Presumably, Du Fu has never seen such a behemoth, otherwise he would not have written such an exaggerated poem.

Xiaoxiao then spoke, "Blue whales are very widely distributed, and according to my experience, this place may be part of the South Pacific Ocean. As for where, God knows! "Isn't that the same as not talking? However, this does reveal that the probability of encountering an island is very slim when we enter the most open center of the Pacific Ocean...... As far as I know, there are very few shipping lanes in this area, and if there are no islands on the way, it means that there are very few planes.

"It's not a way for us to drift like this, it looks like the ship's power system is broken! Can you think of a way to get the boat moving? ”

"With sails, this thing is too heavy and needs you to take the helm!" With a smile, he made a simple sail from the tarpaulin and handed me a rope. tirelessly commanded:

"Sailing ships travel with the help of the 'white noulli effect', which means that when air flows through an arc similar to a wing, it creates a forward and upward attraction to the small sailboat." After smiling, he paused. Pointing to the position of the sails, I explained in detail.

"As the saying goes, [smooth sailing], for novices, the downwind is quite difficult, when the downwind blows, the direction of the wind is parallel to the boat, there is no lateral pressure as a balance, it is easy to lose balance and capsize." After laughing, I pulled the rope and conducted an operation demonstration, and I learned it several times before I remembered the essentials of the operation.

"If it encounters a crosswind, then it will be turned into two forces by the sail, one is the force that makes the ship slide sideways, and the other is the force that makes the ship move forward, and the force of the side slide is turned into a sideways force by the "central plate", and then the center of gravity of the sailor adjusts to counteract, leaving only a very little sideways force, and most of the force is forward. After that, Xiaoxiao conducted another operation demonstration.

"If you encounter a headwind, the sail is generally 45 degrees as the limit, the concept of headwind driving is quite close to crosswind, if you encounter a headwind, the lateral force is greater than the crosswind, and the forward force is less than the crosswind, it is easy to learn and difficult to master." After that, Xiaoxiao gave another demonstration. It was a tailwind, and it took me sixteen hours to get the hang of it, and my arms were sore.

"That's right! Now that we have an engine, how do we determine where to go? ”

"The ancients looked at the sun during the day and the stars at night, and it was easy to understand when they looked at the sun during the day. If you look closely at the sky, what is the easiest and best star to identify? ”

I looked at the vast sea of stars in the sky, and a group of stars like spoons suddenly came into view: "Big Dipper? ”

"That's right! The Big Dipper is in the sky all year round, and in ancient times, the seasons were judged by the change in the direction of the bucket handle: the bucket handle east refers to the world, the world is spring, the bucket handle refers to the south, the world is summer, the bucket handle points to the west, the world is autumn, the bucket handle north refers to the winter. It's summer, and the bucket handle is pointing in the south! ”

If you know one direction, the other directions should be determined according to the up, north, down, south, left, east, right and west. This is what Confucius called "drawing inferences from one example!" ”。 Our direction is relatively clear, in this part of the sea, driving south, it is easy to encounter islands and waterways.

When the ancients sailed, they often carried the navigation materials such as "The Golden Needle of the Seaway", "Sending the Wind Away", and "The Book of Changing Routes". The approximate format of these materials is that a certain island goes to a certain island, and it can be reached at a certain time in a certain direction. There's something in the sea, there's a lot of reefs somewhere, or something. If it is "Thinner Road", there will be an additional record of a certain fish somewhere.

Back then, I had read Zheng He's Navigation Chart by Zhonghua Book Company, and there was an appendix to the book "The Golden Needle of the Sea Road"! Although it is not very useful for our navigation in this part of the sea, it is still quite inspiring. When I read "Columbus's Logbook", I was full of fascination with this sea area, and now I have really fallen here, and I feel a lot in my heart.

Then, one day, two days, five days passed...... We depend on rain and fishing for a living, and the whole person becomes more and more depressed, and loneliness and loneliness come with it. But since there are three of us, we can still play some games next to each other. The water is still black, which means that we are still in the deep sea. I don't know how long I have to drift. I remember some historical accounts of rafting.

Not long ago, it was reported in the news that three Mexican fishermen were rescued after 285 days in the Pacific Ocean, setting a record for the longest time at sea. In 1820, the Essex was wrecked by a whale, and the 20 crew escaped in a small boat and drifted at sea for three months. They ate each other and only 8 survived.

In 1942, a businessman fled in a small boat because the ship hit a torpedo and sank, made two hooks with filament and iron nails, and was rescued by fishing for 133 days.

Morris and Maraline Bailey, who spent 118 days adrift in 1973, had plenty of canned food, stoves, books and cards on board.

Stephen Callahan, who was rescued after 76 days of drifting in 1982, has two solar-powered evaporators that convert seawater into fresh water, as well as a speargun. Seven years later, Bill Butler and Simone Butler had been adrift for 66 days, and they had fishing gear, dominoes, canned food, blankets, radios, and seven bottles of Evian water.

With the aimless drifting, we are all a little irritable. At first, the praise for the grandeur of the depths of the sea has become dispensable.

All the fresh water stored was drunk. It hasn't rained for days, and even the seabirds can't be seen in the air. It can be concluded that there are no islands in the vicinity, and with the physical strength of a seabird, it is impossible to cross this sea area. We want to live, we can only catch sea fish for a living. Fishing has also become our only pleasure.

Luckily, the fish here have never been in contact with humans, and they don't know what bait is. It's easy to take the bait. I took out an iron nail, bent it, tied it to the twine, and found a thin stick to make a fishing rod. Use some food as bait! I'm very happy with my fishing tackle and it's easy to use.

Xiaoxiao is an expert in this area, she found the right place to moor the ship and collected the sails. Use the previous food scraps and beat a few spoonfuls of nest material down. Before the nest fell, there was a splash on the surface of the water, and a group of fish were fighting for food. After I launched the first shot, I measured the speed of the water and the direction of the wind. The rod jumped slightly, and I quickly pulled the rod, but still didn't catch anything. Xiaoxiao smiled slightly, signaling not to rush.

When I was on the second stroke, there began to be a fish bite, the rod shook very violently, I raised the rod with my wrist and shook it, the fish was hung on the hook, it didn't feel big, the rod did not bend big, and the fish came out of the water while lifting the rod lightly, which was a very beautiful fire point fish.

Then another saury came up, about a tael, and the fish was not too big. It's a smile and says, "Do you want to catch a big fish?" I have a side, do you listen? ”

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