The quarry is in the suburbs, and it only takes ten minutes to get there by car.
When I got off the car, I saw a large pile of rocks.
"Are you interested in the shares of the yacht club?" Zhou Sheng asked.
"Club shares, excluding marina shares."
"It should be included. Otherwise, how could a simple club share be worth more than 10 million. And the dock is managed by the club..." The club is a company.
"Is that yacht dock profitable?"
"It's definitely profitable to make money, but I don't know how much profit it will be. After all, there is a professional yacht marina here in Suva..."
There is only one professional yacht, but there are other places where yachts can dock.
Xu Xing's yacht is parked at the Hongsha Bay Pier.
Chen Yuan shook his head: "I don't know how to run a yacht marina, forget it."
Zhou Sheng smiled and nodded: "Bluestone, I think it's better to choose an irregular shape."
"Go and have a look first."
Chen Yuan and Zhou Sheng looked around and finally chose irregular stone slabs.
Chen Yuan ordered 450 pieces at a time, with a length of 80 cm, a width of 40 cm, and a thickness of 4-5 cm. The price of each piece is 130 Fijian dollars.
This price is too expensive.
Chen Yuan checked on the Internet and found that the domestic price of bluestone slabs of the same specification is about forty or fifty yuan per piece. This is the price of online purchase with free shipping.
Zhou Sheng did a rough calculation and found that if two stone slabs were laid per meter, a total of 11,500 pieces would be needed.
The stone slab he wants doesn't need to be that big, 60cm x 40cm in length is about right. The price quoted for each piece is 93 Fijian dollars.
The purchase volume was large, and after bargaining, the final price of the 80X40 irregular slate that Chen Yuan wanted was 110 Fijian dollars.
The 60X40 that Zhou Sheng wants is 80 Fijian dollars each. If it is 11,500 yuan, that is 920,000 Fijian dollars.
Zhou Sheng originally wanted to lay a stone road from the hotel to the coconut grove in the eastern suburbs. If he didn't have the money, he could lay it like this, but it was not necessary.
In the end, they planned to lay slate slabs in major resort islands, hotel scenic spots and other places, and only purchased 2,600 pieces. Zhou Sheng bargained for a long time and negotiated the price to 200,000, with delivery included.
Chen Yuan's 450 yuan didn't have much in stock, so he paid a deposit first and signed the contract.
It’s noon, and the cargo ship transporting the yacht has arrived at the Suva port.
Chen Yuan sent Zhou Sheng there, and then went to the yacht dock with Yan Xiaoxi. Yan Xiaoxi and Chen Xin went out to buy a lot of things and took them back to the yacht to put them away.
"What did you buy?" Chen Yuan asked.
"Clothes, tea sets, ornaments, and an electric kettle. I also want to buy a soymilk machine, but I couldn't find it after searching around."
Chen Yuan smiled: "Do you have any clothes you can buy for me?"
"Yes, couple's pajamas." Yan Xiaoxi giggled, lay in Chen Yuan's arms, and whispered: "I also bought Balenciaga."
Chen Yuan kissed Yan Xiaoxi's forehead gently, and his cell phone rang: "Hello?"
"Brother, where are you?"
"On the yacht."
"Come with me to the windsurfing club."
"Where is the club?"
"Over there at Nanda University."
"Okay, wait for us outside."
The owner of the windsurfing club is Amilt's wife, over there in the university area.
I drove over to pick up Chen Xin and came to the windsurfing club.
The Windsurfing Club offers sailing instruction, sailing lessons, and rental of windsurfing boards and dinghies.
In recent years, the international environment has not been good, and many industries are not operating well. The rent of the windsurfing club's venue is very high, and it was not planned to operate. In addition, Amirt's family is preparing to immigrate, and the equipment of the windsurfing club is on sale.
Amirt had contacted Zhou Sheng before, and Zhou Sheng asked him to leave a good-quality sailboat, as well as some sails and surfboards.
There are more than twenty small sailboats here, all of which are small stable sailboats. The latest batch of sailboats were purchased more than two years ago. At that time, a batch of Ace sailboats were purchased, totaling 16 boats.
The largest one is RS CAT16, with three boats. This is a small catamaran sailboat with a length of 4.72 meters and a width of 2.38 meters. There is a net in the middle of the sailboat.
Then there are three models: 3.47 meters, 3.66 meters, and 4.51 meters.
16 sailboats, 11 windsurfing boards, and 20 surfboards.
Some of the better windsurfing boards and surfboards have been taken away, and the remaining windsurfing boards and surfboards look a bit old. But these things are well maintained...
The sailboats are all unpowered, and in the end, the cost was 260,000 Fiji dollars. Before, it was an Ace sailboat, and windsurfing boards and surfboards are not expensive. After all, buying a new windsurfing board costs several thousand yuan for a good one, and a few for a cheap one.
One hundred dollars.
I originally thought I could do it all in one afternoon and go back in the evening.
The procedures on Zhou Sheng's side have not been completed yet, and it was not until noon the next day that everything was completed.
Place windsurfing boards, surfboards, etc. on top of the BG24. These things do not take up much space and are not heavy.
Chen Yuan and Zhou Sheng drove the TAITI 80. This ship was quite big, and four small sailboats were put on it. The rest found a cargo ship and were shipped by the cargo ship.
After one o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Yuan and Zhou Sheng drove TAITI 80 out to sea.
The boat is large and has a soft top.
However, it requires manual pulling to open the soft top.
The soft top now also houses a storage compartment.
With mechanical power, the maximum speed of this boat is 11 knots. Arriving outside the lagoon, the two people raised the sails. The area of the main sail was 135m and the area of the jib was 63m.
Chen Yuan came across a sailboat when he was taking the yacht driving license test, but he hasn't had any contact with it since.
This boat has a rudder, which is used for steering. Most sailboats with two sails have one rudder on the left and right.
This boat also has two rudders, but these two rudders are concentrated in the middle position at the rear and only need one person to control it.
During the day, the wind mostly blows towards the land.
Going out to sea is a headwind.
Sailing, many people may find it difficult.
But actually, sailboats are very simple. Especially larger sailboats with rudders. On the contrary, small sailboats are more difficult to control...
There is also the sailing ship sailing against the wind.
Modern sailboats all have good upwind sailing capabilities. They have a rudder, and you can adjust the sail surface directly through the rudder.
It was the first time for Zhou Sheng to operate a catamaran sailboat. He tested it in the driving position for a long time and even turned off the yacht's engine.
Chen Yuan stood next to Zhou Sheng: "Is it pure wind power now?"
Zhou Sheng nodded: "Pure wind, full sail."
Full sail, the maximum speed under the current wind force. Now it is estimated that the speed is six to seven knots under the second level wind, with full sail.
The current sailing is not completely against the wind, but at a certain angle to the direction of the wind.
Zhou Sheng started the engine again, adjusted the angle of the sail, and the speed increased a lot.
Driving a sailboat actually uses the principle of aerodynamics, also called Bernoulli's principle.
The total energy of the wind is equal to the kinetic energy of the wind plus the static pressure energy. As the kinetic energy increases, the static pressure decreases.
Also, a sailboat can sail against the wind. But it must follow the wind at a certain angle.
Moreover, if the wind blows from behind, the sailboat cannot run fast. In this case, the maximum speed of the sailboat is not as fast as the wind. But if the wind comes from the front, people who can drive the sailboat can make the boat run faster than the wind.
, even far beyond the wind.
A sailboat relies on wind power and its own power. After the sail is opened, the boat's own power is used as auxiliary power instead of the main power...
Chen Yuan looked at the speed of the boat, and found that it was running at seventeen or eight knots in the best condition. If the wind was stronger, the speed of the boat would be even faster.