Now everyone got out of the car, and under the leadership of He Lin, walked along the trestle to the berth where the Princess Kelly was parked.
As he walked, He Lin continued to introduce the situation of the Princess Kelly to everyone.
"This single-hull three-story yacht is 45 feet long, which is 15 meters long and 4.27 meters wide. It has a fresh water tank capacity of 500 liters, a top speed of 30 knots, and is approved to carry 15 passengers.
This was originally a business and leisure boat owned by my friend. Not long ago, they replaced the yacht. This old boat was rowed under my friend's private name. After modification, it became what it is now.
How is it? This boat feels pretty good, right?"
Sun Dahai thought for a while and asked, "Can you drive a yacht?"
He Lin said with a smile: "I don't know how to drive. However, when I borrowed the yacht, I borrowed the captain, sailors and waiters together. You see under the gangway are the captain and waiters of the Princess Kelly."
Sun Dahai had already seen a man wearing a white short-sleeved uniform and a big-brimmed hat and a girl wearing a gauze skirt standing there under the gangway of the Princess Kelly.
The second child was very obedient and did not pester Sun Dahai. Instead, he followed Zhang Yujie and the others and looked around curiously.
Walking to the gangway of the Princess Kelly, He Lin introduced the captain and waiter Dina to Sun Dahai and the others. The sailor went to the yacht dock dispatching station to hand in the sea application, and when he came back, he could sail out to sea.
The captain wanted to inspect the machinery and hull and make preparations before departure, so he asked Tina to accompany the guests on the ship for a visit.
"Tina, are you Malaysian?" Feng Lina suddenly asked.
"Yes, miss." Tina replied.
"She speaks Cantonese, can you tell that?" He Lin was very curious. He didn't even know Tina's nationality. You know, he has been to this yacht many times and talked to Tina many times.
talk.
"In Malaysia, there are Chinese classes in schools. About 30% of our people there are Chinese, because most of them are from Guangdong or Fujian provinces, so it is common for us to speak Cantonese and Minnan there."
While everyone was chatting, they went into the bottom warehouse to visit.
"This Princess Kelly is a short-distance business and leisure boat. The owner made certain changes during the second renovation. There are two bedrooms, a lounge and two bathrooms in the bottom cabin."
It's okay, Sun Dahai watched silently, it was a little narrow here. However, it seems that airplanes and yachts have this problem, and designers can only try to make up for this through clever design and even visual deception.
Zhang Yujie carelessly looked around and touched around, and even went to the bedroom to test the softness of the big bed. Zhang Guozheng couldn't control her, so he simply stayed out of sight and out of mind.
The front of the middle floor is the driver's cab, and the back is an open kitchen, living room and a study and bedroom. The middle floor also has two bathrooms, but without a bathroom.
It says it's on the third floor, but it's actually a half-floor balcony room with a small bar and a few beach chairs.
This yacht is not a very luxurious yacht, but now it meets the basic needs of three or five people going out to sea, or a dozen people going out to sea together.
Just after visiting the yacht, the captain came up and told everyone that the procedures for going to sea have been completed. Do you want to sail now?
Of course we have to leave, otherwise what are we doing here? Everyone crowded onto the deck, waiting to set off.
Soon, with the cooperation of the captain and sailors, the yacht slowly drove out of the berth. With the roar of the engine, the Princess Kelly accelerated and headed towards Lantau Island.
The weather is good today, the wind is sunny, the blue sky, white clouds, and sea, under the sunshine, merge into a moving picture.
The sea breeze blew past, blowing away the heat. From time to time, some seabirds flew past the yacht in the sky, not afraid of people at all.
This was the first time for Sun Yuanyuan and Sun Dahe to go to sea. Erxiao was so happy that he jumped up and down on the deck. There was another person on the boat who was even crazier than them, and that was Zhang Yujie.
She ran to the top floor to feed the seabirds, went down to the lower floor to look at the fish in the sea, and finally wanted to go into the cab for a stroll. However, she was stopped by Zhang Guozheng and the Liang sisters.
Zhang Guozheng could not control his sister by himself. Now he cooperated with the Liang sisters to suppress this crazy little girl Zhang Yujie.
Feng Lina has gone out to sea on yachts many times, so naturally she is not like Erxiao and Zhang Yujie who have never seen the world. When she saw a few people having fun and was afraid of danger, she asked the waiter Tina to bring out three life jackets for them to wear.
On the body.
Starting from the Yacht Club Pier in Victoria Harbor, it is very close to Lantau Island and can be reached by speedboat in 20 minutes. Sun Dahai and the others were not in a hurry, and because there were two children, Sun Yuanyuan and Sun Dahe, He Lin specifically asked the captain to drive slower.
Be steady to prevent seasickness.
Even so, forty minutes later, the Princess Kelly arrived at a small dock with only five or six berths. The yacht's whistle blew, and two dock managers came out to help the Princess Kelly guide her.
The captain and the sailor worked together to park the yacht firmly in the berth. Then the captain got off the boat first and greeted the dock manager standing next to him familiarly. It was obvious that this was a place they often visited.
"This is a diving company's own pier. Every time we take a yacht to Lantau Island, we will park here. They also provide us with cars, so it is much more convenient than going to Mui Wo Pier." He Lin explained.
Aya asked with a smile: "Is this the kind of black dock that is often said in private?"
He Lin glared at her and said, "It's good if you know, don't talk nonsense."
Sun Dahai suddenly became gossipy and asked in a low voice: "What is the Black Pier? Is it the property of the society?"
He Lin also lowered his voice and said: "The Black Pier has nothing to do with the club. How many people who have money to drive yachts for fun will care about the club, so the club will not do this business.
All commercial terminals in Xiangjiang are under the unified management of the Hong Kong government, and each public berth has to pay a very high annual management fee. Therefore, some companies will buy a suitable piece of land on the seaside, put the name of a fishing company, diving school, etc., and apply
Build your own dock.
After such a pier passes the acceptance inspection, it can be modified privately to accommodate several yachts at the same time. However, it cannot be operated publicly, otherwise it will face high fines."
While they were talking, everyone followed He Lin and got off the boat. There was an old minibus parked not far from the shore, and the driver and a girl were waiting next to the minibus.
He Lin pursed his lips and said: "That is the vehicle arranged for us, as well as the driver and tour guide. Guess how much the rent for this vehicle costs for a day?"
Feng Lina rushed to say: "I have rented this kind of minibus in Kowloon. It is much newer than this one. It costs 800 Hong Kong dollars a day. If you add the driver and tour guide, it will cost 1,500 Hong Kong dollars a day, right?"