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"Siren" Skuna ketch (r:
A two-masted sailing ship with mainly fore-and-aft sails, but sometimes with a square sail on top of the foremast. The foremast cannot be higher than the mainmast. It is widely used in situations where speed and tack sailing ability are required, such as slave trading, privateering ships, and anti-smuggling ships of the Navy. This capability has been further enhanced through the strengthening of the Port of Trinidad.
Five-star reinforced warship, captain: Lu Yuan
Hull durability: 1674/1700 (original 1221/1244, sail durability: 100/100, sailing speed: 15.11 knots (original 13.64 knots), steering maneuverability: 42.23 (original 31.80), wind efficiency: 7.25, load capacity: 55 tons ( Original 67 tons, crew: 122/122 people, firepower configuration: 16-pound long-barreled gun/20 guns
Main crew: August (Bosun), Michael (Comptroller)
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Except for body type. All the data of this ship are close to or exceed those of ordinary four-star ships.
The "Siren" was sent to the dock for repairs and modifications, which took three days. Lu Yuan was also in the dock and was busy for three days. Except the captain's cabin. He was involved in almost every effort to modify the ship. Lu Yuan not only hired people to repair the ship from top to bottom. An attempt was also made to adjust the main structure of the ship, which was a pity. There are limitations from the Lord God in this aspect, and in the end it failed to reach the ideal state.
Lu Yuan originally designed an overall structure in the form of carbon 60. He thought he couldn't find it using ordinary materials? too naive! When the ship's carpenters finally completed the complex structures one by one. Lu Yuanyi's appraisal - the overall attributes plummeted to one twentieth... This data should have been the other way around.
Later, it was replaced with a support structure of a viaduct, combined with steel rope traction - there was still a problem, that is, the reduction was reduced from one-twentieth to one-tenth, which was meaningless.
Lu Yuan just tried the same thing unwillingly, watertight cabin? no. Mesh boat ribs? thank you.
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What was finally achieved was like this - the bottom of the ship was filled with staggered triangular brackets, which looked complicated and ugly. There is absolutely no beauty in small boats. With so many obstacles in the bottom warehouse, which is only about 1.6 meters high, there is no doubt that the person responsible for loading will turn his hair gray!
But when Lu Yuan made the appraisal. I almost laughed out loud - the durability of the hull has increased by one-third! The speed increased again by 1.5 knots! Although the carrying capacity of the ship is lower, these are secondary attributes if it is not used for trade. The Caribbean is full of ports and deserted islands that are always ready for supplies, so ships rarely go out to sea with more than a month's worth of food and fresh water, and little else. Unlike ocean-going ships, in addition to a large amount of food and fresh water, even live chickens, cats and cows are required to be brought on board.
Of course, these are all data and superficial.
On a deeper level, the overall structure of the ship is more stable and can withstand greater forces.
This means that the ship can withstand greater storms (this is very important given the bad relationship between Lu Yuan and Poseidon). Lu Yuan can do more extreme driving, and the ship will not be as close as the "Dugus". Disintegrated. In addition, because the deck could withstand stronger recoil, Lu Yuan upgraded all the artillery by half a bar. Twenty 16-pound cannons were all replaced with 16-pound long-barreled artillery with longer range and stronger penetration. , the effective range has been increased by a full 100 feet!
In addition to strengthening the hull, Lu Yuan greatly streamlined the rigging rigging and simplified the control of the longitudinal sail.
Although this will increase canvas consumption, it can effectively streamline personnel. Although the ship is currently full of 122 people, the minimum number of people required for long-distance voyages is only 12! If he pursues the ultimate state - before Lu Yuan's magic power is exhausted, he can drive the "Siren" across the Caribbean alone!
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"I told you earlier! Just set up a tripod! There will be endless fussing ahead!" Lu Yuan squatted on the edge of the dock with a smile, looking at his almost brand-new "Siren" with joy. He pretended not to hear the loud complaints of the boat carpenters as they passed him! Lu Yuan's pockets were empty now, but there was no way to appease the boatmen's grievances by scattering gold coins.
"Nice boat!" Lu Yuan then noticed that an old worker who had been remodeling the boat together in the past few days squatted down next to him and looked at the boat with a smile on his face. "I bet it would only take four weeks at most even if it goes to Europe now!"
"Twenty-three days..." Lu Yuan said softly. Through the monsoon winds and his familiarity with the boat, he could tell exactly when it was needed.
"What?"
"Nothing, why didn't you go back to rest?" Lu Yuan took out a cigar and handed it over. Although the shipyard is full of sawdust and tung oil, it is an easy place to catch fire. But in this era, there is really no ban on smoking in shipyards.
"I stayed here myself." The old man turned his head and looked at him seriously and said, "There must always be someone to talk to you. If you want to do something next time, just state your request directly instead of the same Go experiment like this... You've made everyone busy for several days in vain, and it's not very comfortable."
"Haha", Lu Yuan didn't know how to explain it, so he could only laugh and try to get past it. It's really embarrassing... maybe I won't come to this shipyard in the future?
The old man shook his head dissatisfied, "Others may not be able to understand your designs. Your previous ideas are all good...especially the first one! If it can really be made, it will probably be directly hit by a 32-pound cannonball." I can withstand any hit!"
Lu Yuan turned his head and looked at the old man in surprise! He really thought that no one could understand those designs!
The old man saw him like this. He shook his head directly. "Young man, you have to learn to trust others. Look at the ship modifications these days. Except for the two women, have you ever asked your crew to participate? How can you show combat effectiveness on an unfamiliar ship? How could they fight for this ship if they didn’t have feelings for it?!”
Lu Yuan was taught respectfully! He has been focusing on renovating the ship these days. It is completely overlooked that the best opportunity to bring sailor and boat together as a whole is through the transformation of the boat with one's own hands. That would make the crew fall in love with their ship. That's what Lu Yuan is like now. It's a pity that he missed it.
But it's not too late.
Now he is just starting out and has just owned a small five-star wooden hull sailboat. There is still a chance to recover from his mistakes.
He will also change to a better boat in the future. Three-star cruisers, two-star frigates... He even dreams of one day commanding a deep space battleship that is nearly half the size of the "Dawn" and equipped with planetary weapons!
"Please..." Lu Yuan respectfully handled the cigar and then helped the old man light it. After watching him take a nice breath, he continued to say to Lu Yuan, "Maybe the boatmen can't match you in designing those shelves; but you can't match the boatmen in renovating the ship. Do you know why those shelves can't be installed? Because it's because The improvement of every ship has its limit. Some ships allow for a full double improvement! But some ships have exhausted their potential when they were built. This ship is great, but now it is almost at its limit. If...you own a legendary ship in the future, maybe you can try it...No, I'm afraid it won't work. Even a legendary ship, below the Silver level, is not much different from an ordinary ship..."
"Wait a minute, what did you mean by silver level just now?" Isn't this clearly the division of strength in the Lord God's world? Why do the aborigines also talk about this?
Unexpectedly, the old man smiled slightly and stopped talking! Lu Yuan's teeth were itching with anger, but he couldn't ask more.
He quietly used an identification technique on the old man. Not only did it fail, he also earned a disdainful look from the old man!
"You can call me Luis," Lu Yuan introduced himself. This was his name when he was in Portugal. "I haven't asked you yet?"
The old man looked at the cigar and smiled, "Louis... you are a noble, right? This cigar is not something ordinary people can afford."
Lu Yuan shook his head and said nothing. He plans to keep two thousand boxes (one thousand barrels) of Havana cigars and take them back to space. Original Havana cigars are rare in all worlds, and that guy Annie can consume so many... ...if long life is taken into account.
"I'm Oren, the owner of this small shipyard. I'm done with this work. Even if you were introduced by someone from the mayor's mansion, you should still handle the accounts..." The old man smiled and picked up the cigar and smelled it. Wen said, "Even though you smoke this kind of cigar, I haven't heard the sound of half a gold coin from you."
The identity of the old man once again exceeded Lu Yuan's expectations. He smiled, knowing that the old man had seen through the fact that his family was out of food. But he was not embarrassed at all. He pointed at Elizabeth who was walking towards here with a group of people and said, "Is this the one who didn't give you money?"
Elizabeth walked in the front, followed by several young Spanish officers, all of whom looked very arrogant. That should be Helena's brother and his team to organize the fleet. As the mainstream Galen ship "Obstacle" in the Spanish fleet, it is the favorite of the Spanish navy!
When the old man saw those people coming, he shook his head and walked away. He boarded the "Siren" along the trestle, knocking here and there, feeling and checking.
Lu Yuan stood up and looked at the ship carpenter's clothes he was wearing. He hesitated. He himself doesn't care, but the nobleman he plays does. But when he felt a sudden wave of malice, it was suddenly time to change his mind.
He just stood there, waiting for those people to come over with an indifferent expression.
