In subject four, Chen Yuan and Zhou Sheng both passed the test smoothly. After getting their driver's licenses, they took Zhou Lan's car to the car dealership.
The car was paid for yesterday.
It was almost noon when we arrived at the car dealership, and the dealer helped him get a temporary license plate. Zhou Sheng didn't dare to drive yet, so he gave his car to Chen Xin to drive back to the island.
Chen Yuan held the steering wheel and first understood the various functions of the car. Waiting for Zhou Sheng to get in the car, Chen Yuan started the car, reversed it...and then shifted into forward gear.
An automatic car is easy to drive.
After getting on the highway, Zhou Sheng said nervously: "Be careful."
"Don't talk." There are many cars and people on the road, and there are all kinds of traffic lights.
Chen Yuan's car was not driving very fast. After leaving the city, he followed the navigation system and went to the gas station to refuel. Then he looked at the address of Jiuxing Yacht Company: "Isn't there a nearby shipyard?"
The shipyard they are talking about is a yacht factory. Jiuxing Yacht Company is located in Xinhe Town, the next city, more than 60 kilometers away.
I just bought a car and just got my driver's license. To be honest... after driving more than 60 kilometers, Chen Yuan still felt a little guilty.
"There are several small shipyards nearby. Xinhe Yacht Company is still a big brand here, and the quality of big brands is more guaranteed. After all, it is a sailboat..." Zhou Sheng said.
"Would you like to listen to some music?" Chen Yuan planned the road and started the car.
"You concentrate on driving."
“How big of a sailboat do you want to buy?”
"It's within ten meters. I don't have much money..."
Chen Yuan laughed: "If there is a suitable one, I will invest half of it and buy a keel boat."
"Okay." Zhou Sheng laughed.
Chen Yuan continued: "It's best to be between eight and nine meters away. Go to the shipyard first and then look at the second-hand market."
Sailboats depreciate quickly, so I asked Wang Peng to ask for help to see if I could find any leaks.
Zhou Sheng contacted the shipyard yesterday. When he came to the shipyard, he made a phone call and someone came to receive them.
The factory of Jiuxing Yacht Company is very large and can produce large yachts of twenty to thirty meters.
There are not many sailing people in China, and most of them play mechanical power yachts, power boats, etc. The company also has the qualifications to produce sailing boats. The year before last, it cooperated with a sailing club in Guangdong to sail around the world on its sailing boats.
1 meter is approximately equal to 3.28 feet.
For an experienced sailor, a 24-foot sailboat can sail around the world.
24 feet, which is more than six meters.
For a comfortable round-the-world voyage, the ideal size is between 35-45 feet. This size of boat provides the best comfort, hull speed and cargo capacity for long-distance voyages.
But for ordinary people who want to travel more comfortably, if they are going to South Korea, RB, and some Southeast Asian countries, a sailboat of 26 feet or more can meet the needs.
If you want to travel around the world, you need more than 40 feet.
Traveling around the world is not just a matter of having a big ship, it also requires rich sailing experience and skills.
Regardless of whether it is a sailboat or another boat, larger ones are naturally more comfortable.
If you have money, just buy a big boat to practice your sailing skills. If you have a limited budget, buy a small boat to practice your sailing skills.
The shipyard only has one 10-meter sailboat that can travel long distances.
A sailing boat that can travel far and meet EU standards...
This sailboat is 9.9 meters long and has a triangular bedroom and a long living room. The price of the hull is 850,000 yuan (tax included).
Buying a boat is like buying a house.
You can buy a fully decorated house or a rough house. 75,000 is equivalent to a rough house...
9.9 meters will not be considered.
Chen Yuan and the others followed and looked at the 8-meter sailboat. It was still a keel boat with a cabin. But the structure was relatively simple...
This kind of boat can be used domestically, but it is impossible to apply for a sailing visa from other countries, and the seaworthy area is also offshore. The hull, mast, and sails... plus the three certificates, the total is 260,000 yuan.
"There is such a sailboat on Hailing Island." Zhou Sheng said.
Chen Yuan said 'hmm' and left the cabin with Zhou Sheng.
"The 9.9-meter one costs over one million." Chen Yuandao said, "This is too expensive."
"It's not expensive, it's very cheap." Zhou Sheng said: "If you buy a sailboat of the same level abroad, it will basically cost more than 1.5 million."
The one million that Chen Yuan said is a conservative estimate.
The hull costs 850,000 yuan, and the equipment on board together costs at least 300,000 yuan.
These equipment include sea anchors, autopilots, storm sails, EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicator Radio.), satellite phones, heavy-duty life rafts, etc.
As for that 9.9-meter hull, if it really wants to go on a long voyage, the strength of the hull structure should be upgraded to another level. For a ship that wants to go on a long voyage, the stronger the hull structure, the better...
"New boats are too expensive." Chen Yuan said: "We will ask Wang Peng to find us any second-hand small sailboats, preferably ones worth hundreds of thousands, for practicing."
Zhou Sheng scratched his head: "I have not considered big sailing boats in the past few years. They are too expensive. Just have a small boat for practicing. In the future, if you have money, go abroad and buy a boat of more than ten meters. Second-hand sailing boats abroad are cheap."
Chen Yuan smiled and nodded: "You can buy a windsurfing board for fun."
Zhou Sheng's eyes lit up and he said with a smile, "This is a solid idea."
Zhou Sheng then took out his mobile phone, clicked on JD.com and searched for windsurfing boards. Cheap windsurfing boards with sails cost several thousand yuan for a set. The more expensive ones cost only more than 20,000 yuan...
"I'll buy two, and you can transfer the money to me later," Zhou Sheng said.
"Okay. I'll buy something better if I look at it..."
Zhou Sheng studied for a while and said: "Don't buy the right one, just the most expensive one. Should the sail be 4 meters or 5 meters?"
"Buy two. Play 4.0 first, and then play 5.0 after you become proficient." Chen Yuan said.
"OK."
Boards and sails can be purchased separately.
"The board I chose is full carbon fiber. The board plus a 5-meter sail is 18,000. How about it?"
"Choose me a cool board."
Chen Yuan didn't feel bad about spending tens of thousands of yuan on things. He made more than 40,000 yuan on a previous overseas trip.
"Okay, how about a red board and a red sail with flame patterns?" Zhou Sheng said with a smile.
"Okay." Chen Yuan said and glanced at Zhou Sheng: "Now that we have the windsurfing board, do we still want to buy a sailboat?"
"We'll talk about sailboats later. To be honest, I'm a bit disdainful of those eight-meter sailboats on the coast. They're too ugly." Zhou Sheng said with a smile.
"When you have money in the future, you can buy a sailboat of about 13 meters, and that will be more comfortable." Chen Yuan said.
"I've been thinking about sailing boats for several years," Zhou Sheng said.
"Then work hard to make money."
"How is the current sea condition? Let's go to the Qizhou Islands."
"The sea conditions in the past three days have not been very good, so it is not suitable to run far," Chen Yuan said.
Now in summer, the weather is changeable.
If you run dozens of nautical miles, that's fine. But if you run too far, you have to choose the weather.
Just like some fishermen who shoot videos on the Internet, they can basically earn a few hundred yuan or more than a thousand yuan for a trip... If they are lucky, they can earn several thousand yuan. Most of them are small offshore fishing boats, and they do not go out to sea every day.
Back on the island, Chen Yuan called Lin Xinhai and wanted to ask him to come out for dinner. This man... went fishing.
There are Lin Xinhai, Wang Peng, Chen Xin and Zhou Lan.
Zhou Lan is not addicted to fishing. The other three, Wang Peng and Wang Peng used to like fishing guys. But if Lin Xiaoyue doesn't like it, she can't go out often. Now Lin Xinhai has fallen into the trap, and with the support of his father-in-law, he has let himself go.
As for Chen Xin, she was a little confused. She said that when she dreams at night, she often dreams about fishing. It can be said that Chen Xin's fish addiction is probably even greater than that of Wang Peng.
Now she wants to go fishing whenever she has time.
It was windy for two days and she couldn't go out to sea. After taking yachting lessons for those two days, she went to the beach with her fishing rods and swung two rods by herself. She didn't go home until dark. She was still addicted to food.