Sailing on an ancient sailboat was a boring and tedious, but highly technical job.
European navigators or captains of this era generally had to consider the influence of ocean currents in addition to wind and climate when traveling between Europe and the New World, such as the Canary Cold Current, the North Equatorial Warm Current, the Gulf Stream, etc. wait!
Over time, these summarized experiences gradually formed several fixed routes, and what the captain or navigator on the ship needs to do is to sail along these fixed routes in order to achieve the most economical voyage. Save time and effort! Pirates in the Caribbean waters frequently appear on these important routes.
Sailboats of this era did not have engines or propellers. In fact, sailboats of this era still relied on sea wind to sail in most cases, whether it was tailwind, headwind or crosswind. When there’s no wind, you can still use the paddle if you’re really in a hurry!
However, generally large sailing sailing ships, especially ocean-going sailing ships such as Galen ships, are generally not equipped with oars. When there is no wind and no ocean current, they can only drift slowly. , anyway, the ocean climate is changeable, and the wind will come in at most three to five days. These things are already commonplace for the crew members who have been living at sea for many years.
However, this kind of extreme windless and currentless situation generally only occurs when exploring new routes or crossing the equatorial windless zone. Otherwise, the captain or navigator must have failed in their duties. As long as the course is not lost, there will never be too many unexpected situations on the waterway that has been clearly explored by European navigators, of course, except for encountering pirates!
Today is Anne's second day at sea. After a dusk and night sailing, what follows is the boring life on board.
At this time, the Dauntless was crossing the equatorial windless zone. Only one of its sails was lowered, and the other sails were still furled. However, under Anne's constant strong wind magic, the Dauntless was still able to sail on one side of the ship. The sail ran at a speed of about ten knots! This speed of more than ten knots is already the highest speed that the original Dauntless could reach before the magic modification. Along the way, their sail can also run at high speeds, which is quite scary. Damage any merchant ships you encounter.
At this time, at the helm of the bridge, only a helmsman from the former Navy was steering the Dauntless, while Anne, Bassabaugh, Norrington and Jack Sparrow were all sitting on the stern terrace, still nervous. They looked at each other, and from time to time looked at the sea below the stern of the boat.
Behind them, a group of sailors gathered to watch the excitement, making noises from time to time!
It turned out that Little Annie was holding a fishing competition with the three of them. In order to make the fishing competition go smoothly, she specially ordered the sailors to put up most of the sails. For the first time, Little Annie also put her Tibber Si was thrown into the space pocket, which saved the fish from being scared away!
The two sisters Cecilia and Christina were standing next to Anne nervously, helping her prepare fishing rods and other fishing gear. Now the second round of the fishing competition is about to begin. The rules of the competition are very simple: Each person is only allowed to fish once. In the end, the weight of the fish harvested by each other is compared, and the heaviest person wins.
Originally, in the morning, only the extremely bored Annie and the idle Jack Sparrow were having a fishing competition, while Bassab, who was eager to see the hunter, took the helmsman's job and started to work on this fish that has turned into a magic fish. The Dauntless was at the helm of the ship, while Norrington went to the sailroom and drank to kill the boring life at sea and the frustrating life of being a semi-captive.
In the morning, the first round of fishing competition undoubtedly ended with the victory of Captain Jack Sparrow. Because, he actually caught a tuna weighing one hundred and twenty pounds! And what about little Annie? Only a small flying fish was caught, and the flying fish jumped up after being disturbed by the boat, and accidentally jumped into Annie's fish frame. Therefore, it barely became her harvest, and she would not end up empty-handed.
After losing the game, Little Annie generously fixed the eagle eye spell on Jack Sparrow's telescope, so that it could be used at any time and in any weather, even in the dark or densely foggy night. , you can see further with it! Moreover, even under normal circumstances, it can see more than three times farther than the best and most sophisticated marine telescopes.
This time, Bassabaugh and Norrington were alarmed. After being enchanted, the ordinary telescope immediately turned into a nautical treasure that everyone was passing on to see!
For a captain, it is simply priceless! Not only can you see farther and clearer, but you can also ignore day and night or bad weather. This is simply a treasure that exists specifically for navigation! How could they not be jealous?
So, in the second fishing competition in the afternoon, all the captains participated without missing a beat!
"Although I don't often fish, believe me, wild people like you will never understand what kind of existence can be called a fishing master!"
The first one to come on board was Commodore Norrington, who looked very confident. He took out his luxurious special boom and used a specially customized special bait.
After he finished taunting the two pirates, he picked up his exquisite fishing rod, then swung it gracefully, throwing the fish float directly above the sea, and then began to wait for the fish to take the bait with peace of mind.
"Just keep an eye on it, I'm using a thick line and a big hook, I'm sure to catch a big guy!"
According to the regulations before the start of the competition, everyone only has half an hour of fishing time. Catching the first fish is considered the final score, and it will be time to move on to the next person!
And if no fish takes the bait for more than half an hour, then the score will be zero! Of course, in order to prevent the witches from cheating, they also agreed not to use any magic or anything related to magic!
Although he has not fished for a long time and may be a bit unskilled, Norrington is not too worried. According to his usual fishing experience, when he uses bait soaked in special materials, the big guys near this sea area , within ten to twenty minutes, he will definitely come back to eat the bait and get hooked!
When he was a captain and traveled around the world on a ship, he had already tried it countless times and never had any major accidents!
So, with strong confidence, after placing the fishing rod, he sat down leisurely and waited. He had already begun to think about what prize he should ask the witch for if he won later. Is it a magic sail? Or a telescope?
"Hey! Barbossa, do you think this Norrington will be able to catch a big fish?"
After Jack Sparrow saw Norrington's luxurious fishing gear and special bait, it was impossible not to be nervous! That set of gadgets seemed to be very high-end at first glance, and he felt a little panicked.
"The fish should be catchable! But I don't know if it will be big or not... Anyway, it will definitely not be bigger than what I am going to catch. I am very confident about this!"
Barbossa looked at Norrington's fishing gear indifferently, curled his lips disdainfully and said. He had just seen the three people's fishing gear, and now he was confident that he would win. As long as the witch didn't cheat, he believed that no one would catch a bigger and heavier fish than Captain Barbossa!
"Why do you think so? Is there anyone unlucky enough to knock on the door?"
After Jack Sparrow heard Barbossa's words, he was shocked again. Now it seems that this old guy is not simple. Does the other party have any secrets? Therefore, while retorting unhappily, he twisted his waist and walked to the other party's side, trying to find out some useful information.
"Uh-huh! Wait a minute, you will know! Don't worry, it will be soon! Jack, are you right? Hehehe..."
Captain Barbossa ignored Jack's temptation and teased the monkey on his shoulder, also named Jack, and began to laugh triumphantly!
"..."
Great, let’s see! The great Captain Jack Sparrow believed that fishing, a trivial matter, should not be a problem for him.
After thinking suspiciously for a while, Jack Sparrow looked at Commodore Norrington who was leisurely waiting for the fish to take the bait, and then looked at Bassab's confident look behind him. He gritted his teeth and thought about it. , I immediately changed my fishing rod to a larger hook and thicker fishing line!
However, he still felt that it was not safe to do so alone, so he took advantage of the fact that everyone else was paying attention to the sea and no one noticed him, and secretly moved behind Norrington in small steps.
"Okay! Just watch, a fish is taking the bait now!"
When Norrington saw the fish float on the sea surface began to twist violently and the fishing line began to tighten, he perked up and immediately stood up, grabbed the fishing rod, turned the pulley and slowly collected the fishing line. His experience Tell him, he must be a big guy!
"Ha! Did you see it? This is the highest level of fishing!"
As soon as he picked up the fishing rod, Norrington nodded with satisfaction. This was indeed a big guy!
After the fishing line was slowly reeled in, the water surface began to stir violently. After seeing the straight fishing line and the huge fins that occasionally came out of the water, a group of onlookers started to make a fuss.
They also saw it, and it looked like it was indeed a big fish down there!
"Who will help?"
After more than ten minutes of wrestling, the exhausted big fish was finally pulled onto the deck by Norrington and the sailors. After weighing, it was finally determined that it was a big fish weighing 156 pounds. swordfish!
It is indeed a big guy. It seems that their brigadier general has already won? Then the sailors began to cheer loudly.
"Thank you so much!"
Norrington bowed to everyone elegantly. In his opinion, the 156-pound swordfish was already a sure win. Now, he needed a little time to think carefully about it. Later, what would happen? What kind of prize would you ask for from Anne the Little Witch?
"Wow!"
Annie squatted next to the swordfish, kicked the long, sharp sword-like muzzle on the swordfish's mouth with her round-toe shoes, and then sighed in frustration. It seemed that her competition this time, It seems like you are going to lose again when you can't cheat?
"This is no fun!"
