Chen Yuan and the others came over in advance and ordered a large table full of meat and seafood.
After waiting in the box for a while, Lin Xinhai and the others came over.
"Today I benefited from Zhou Sheng's favor and made a small fortune." Chen Yuan pointed to the dishes on the table and said with a smile, "Let's see what else we want to eat and order some more."
"That's enough." Lin Xinhai said with a smile, "If it's not enough, we'll order more."
The waiter brought a few barrels of draft beer. Chen Yuan stood up, took it, filled it for Lin Xinhai and Xu Lixia, and then returned to his seat: "Master, please don't make us drink today. Let's eat and drink as you like."
"Hahaha...Okay. Eat and drink as you like..." Lin Xinhai threw some mushrooms, razor clams, clams, prawns and crabs into the clear soup pot.
Lin Xinhai's food is light, unlike Chen Yuan and others, who can be said to enjoy everything from spicy food to spicy food.
Zhou Sheng raised his beer and said, "Let's have one."
"Go one."
Everyone raised their glasses and took a long sip.
"Master, when will you get the fishing boat sign back?" Chen Yuan said.
"In a few days." Lin Xinhai said: "What's the matter, are you anxious to go to sea?"
Chen Yuan shook his head and said: "We are thinking of naming the fishing boat. I think Shengyuan is better. Zhou Sheng thinks Yuansheng is better..."
"Sheng Yuan and Yuan Sheng are almost the same."
"I think his name should be listed first. He is older than me and is the major shareholder." Zhou Sheng said.
"I'll go...I'm older than you, so I'll be 11 days older than you."
"Eleven days are older than me."
"Look at my appearance, how tender I am." Chen Yuan said, blanching a piece of fat beef, rinsing it twice before eating it, and said, "It's as tender as this beef."
"You're going to disgust me to death..."
Everyone talked and laughed, and talked about where there were more fish. Then they talked about some fishing things in the past...
There are two large fishing ports in Jiangyang, and there are several large fishing ports nearby.
In the early years, the management of fishing boats was not standardized... and trawl nets were everywhere, which resulted in the near-extinction of offshore resources.
In recent years, marine fishery management has been standardized, and offshore resources have been recovering bit by bit.
It’s hard to say where there are more fish in the offshore area.
However, within a hundred nautical miles, there are a few places suitable for sea fishing. The nearest place is near Peng Island, and further away is the Fanshi Sea Area... The Seven Continents Islands are not particularly far away, and then there is the edge of the continental shelf.
There are some reefs there. The edge of the continental shelf belongs to the open sea...
Generally speaking, there are relatively few fish here. It is incomparable to the fishing grounds off the coast of Chile...
Chen Yuan and his previous fleet mainly fished off the coast of Chile, and occasionally went to the Antarctic waters to catch krill. In addition, after completing the operation, they could try their luck in the South Pacific waters and catch those precious fish. Such as tuna, and
Some fishing species.
It is very easy to fish near isolated islands or reefs in the South Pacific. You will get very good results every time...
But it's different now.
Chen Yuan is now the owner of the boat, and the boat is a second-class fishing boat with a limited range and high fuel consumption.
"How big was the fishing boat you used to stay on?" Chen Xin asked.
"More than two hundred tons."
"Why is it only over 200 tons?" Zhou Lan looked over and said, "My brother said that your fishing boat is over 5,000 tons?"
"That's a mother ship with more than five thousand tons." Chen Yuan said with a smile.
Zhou Sheng also smiled.
"Can a fishing boat of more than 200 tons go to Chile?" Chen Xin felt that a fishing boat of more than 200 tons was too small.
Chen Yuan said: "A fishing boat of more than 200 is not small, with a length of almost 36 meters. Think about it, the height of a one-story building is about 3 meters, 36 meters... If the fishing boat is erected, it will be at least 11 or 2 meters.
The height of a one-story building is not small."
"Your fishing boat consumes so much fuel. Can an ocean-going fishing boat make money? Is the fuel cost too high? How to replenish it at sea?" Chen Xin was particularly curious.
"The fishing boat we used to have was probably more than 400 horsepower." Chen Yuan said: "The speed of the fishing boat is not fast, and if it wants to sail long distances, the boat has to follow the ocean current. The speed of the fishing boat is estimated to be only twelve or three.
Festival... Speaking of which, it doesn’t consume as much fuel as my fishing boat.”
Fuel consumption mainly depends on power.
The main engine power of the engines equipped on offshore fishing boats is usually more than 300 kilowatts. If you go along with the ocean current, the main engine does not need to be turned to the maximum...
"You stay at sea for several years, how do you replenish supplies?" Chen Xin asked: "It really takes a few years without going ashore?"
The latter question was not only curious to Chen Xin and others, but also to Lin Xiaoyue.
Lin Xinhai rarely talks about ocean affairs at home...
Zhou Sheng looked at Chen Xin and said, "Didn't I just say that there is a mother ship? The mother ship is also called a base ship. We take the seafood caught by the small fishing boats and send it to the mother ship for processing and then transport it back to the country. In addition to the mother ship,
Supply ships can also be contacted at sea, and supply ships can replenish materials and refuel."
A distant-water fishing vessel goes to sea for several months, or even years. It will definitely require supplies for such a long time...
Of course, there are also large, independent fishing boats. But there are only a handful of such fishing boats, very few. And the wages on big boats are not as high as those on small boats...
So, Chen Yuan’s fishing boat has 420 horsepower, which is quite a lot of horsepower. It also consumes a lot of fuel...
"Doesn't that mean your fishing boat consumes more fuel than an ocean-going fishing boat?" Chen Xin said.
"Hmm..." Chen Yuan said "hmm" for a few seconds and said: "If the power of the offshore fishing boat is fully turned on, the fuel consumption of the offshore fishing boat must be higher, and much higher. The engine is different..."
Zhou Sheng smiled and shrugged, and said: "It's hard to calculate...but in terms of usage time, the average fuel consumption of our fishing boat will definitely be higher for the same length of time."
However, for a second-class fishing boat, it has a maximum speed of 30 knots and a fuel consumption of less than 90 liters per hour, which is very good. This is why other new fishing boats of the same size and shape only cost 600,000 to 700,000 yuan.
As for Chen Yuan's second-hand fishing boat... it costs 1.61 million.
For example, I have seen a fishing boat of similar length before, with a length of 13.1 meters and a width of 2.85 meters... equipped with two 250-horsepower Honda engines, the top speed is 38 knots, and the price is only 650,000, a new boat, three
It's like a fishing boat. The fuel consumption of that fishing boat is about 150 liters of gasoline per hour at full power.
Lin Xinhai had previously complained about Chen Yuan and their fishing boat being too slow.
Chen Yuan also wanted a high-speed fishing boat, but the cost of going to sea was too high and he couldn't afford it.
After eating hot pot until dark, Lin Xinhai drank a little too much and his face turned red.
Chen Yuan drank two large barrels of draft beer and felt nothing but a bloated stomach.
After the show, Zhou Sheng didn't feel like he'd had enough. He said to Chen Yuan, "Bar, let's keep drinking."