Currently, the laws and regulations are not yet perfect, and any ship can sail freely at sea.
As long as you're not afraid of causing an accident, no one cares how far you go.
In another ten or so years, recreational boats like these will be specifically categorized and will have to navigate within designated areas according to their classification.
The lowest category is Class 5 ships, which cannot sail more than five nautical miles from the shore, and their minimum design wave height is 0.5 meters.
Then there are four types of ships, which are 10 nautical miles from the shore and have a wave height of 1 meter.
Class III ships are 20 nautical miles away from the sea, where the waves are 2 meters high.
Class II ships have a range of 200 nautical miles and a wave height of 4 meters.
The highest-class vessels have a 6-meter high wave, no distance limit, and their range depends on the capacity of their fuel tanks. Only such vessels can truly go deep into the ocean for fishing.
The concept of wave height can be simply understood as the wave height estimated by a person at sea. Although not accurate, it is very close.
Ocean waves are actually irregular; they are composed of waves of various wavelengths, heights, and steepnesses.
Observations and statistics show that 1/10 of these waves have a wave height that is twice the average wave height; this is called the maximum wave height (hw/10).
One-third of the waves have a wave height that is 1.6 times the mean wave height, which is called the three-way mean wave height or the meaningful wave height (hw/3).
In his past life, Feng Ye had the idea of buying a fishing boat and taking people fishing in Nanyou. Out of curiosity, he searched for related information online and learned a bit about it.
Ultimately, he had to abandon the idea.
The fishing boats that can go fishing in Nanyou need to be at least Class II boats, which he can't afford.
Currently, recreational boats are not classified or have corresponding laws and regulations, so they can roam the seas with impunity and go as far as they want.
Feng Ye stayed on the foredeck for a while, greeted Qin Aijun, and then went to the wheelhouse.
Besides them, the yacht also had a captain to steer it and a boatman to do odd jobs.
At this moment, both of them were in the driver's seat.
"You must be Mr. Feng. My name is Yao He. President Qin instructed me to follow your directions when sailing the boat."
As soon as Feng Ye walked in, he was spotted by Yao He, the captain of the yacht.
Yao He was a man in his thirties. He sat upright in front of the driver's seat, chest out, head held high, eyes fixed on the road ahead. He looked like a former soldier.
Feng Ye smiled and said, "Just call me Xiao Feng or A Ye. I dare not accept the title of 'sir'."
"I'm a few years older than you, so I'll take the liberty of calling you A-Ye."
"Then I'll call you Brother Yao."
"That's great." Yao He laughed a few times. "Xiao Chen, take A Ye to the room and put her luggage away first."
"plz follow me."
Boatman Xiao Chen walked ahead, stepped out of the wheelhouse, and went to the living quarters below the wheelhouse.
The yacht has a small lounge area with a sofa, a small bathroom, a kitchenette, and three bedrooms.
Xiao Chen pushed open the door to one of the bedrooms: "This is the room where Captain Yao and I live. When we are at sea, one of us has to stay in the bridge at all times, so we can accommodate one more person."
This is a small room with a bunk bed and only half a meter of passageway.
Feng Ye frowned slightly and threw a few pieces of clothing onto the bed on the upper bunk.
That was the situation on the ship; he had no choice.
Afterwards, Xiao Chen took him on a tour of the yacht.
He found the boat to be somewhat of a mishmash; it looked like a yacht on the outside, but the cabins were arranged more like a fishing boat.
It has a live water tank, an ice tank, both of which are quite large, and what's even more surprising is that it also has a fairly large refrigerated compartment.
After touring around, I returned to the cockpit, discussed the heading issue with Yao He, and then sat down to chat with Yao He and Xiao Chen.
About an hour later, Qin Aijun came over: "Xiao Feng, they want to know if we can find a place to fish during the day? They'll travel again at night while they rest."
"Fishing is simple; you don't need to stop the boat, just reduce the speed slightly."
Feng Ye chuckled inwardly; they were really in a hurry.
"Oh, you can fish like that?"
"Of course."
"Then let's go, quickly teach us how to fish without stopping the boat."
"Tell them all to go to the aft deck."
"I'll go call them."
The boatman, Xiao Chen, quickly ran towards the aft deck, sensing the danger.
Feng Ye then went with Qin Aijun to get the fishing rod.
There are three brands of fishing rods: the domestic brand Xianhe, the Taiwanese brand Dajia, and the Xiao Rizi brand Dongye.
They are all heavy-duty boat rods, but unfortunately there are no trolling rods.
I don't know if it's because they haven't invented a dedicated trolling rod yet, or if they don't understand trolling and therefore haven't bought one.
Feng Ye didn't know which brands were good, so he just bought one or two sets from each brand.
When they arrived at the aft deck, the other three people were already there, and Xiao Chen had brought over the live bait.
"The fishing method we use now is called trolling. It's very simple. Just put the bait on the hook and wait."
As Feng Ye spoke, he hooked a small fish onto the fishing hook, then cast it into the sea before inserting the fishing rod into the support.
"Is this all you need?"
Yang Chenghe looked incredulous, his tone filled with doubt.
Although the others had their doubts, they remained silent.
They had never even heard of such a fishing method, let alone seen it before.
"The yacht is moving at high speed, and the bait is floating in the shallow water, so the float is not working. Therefore, you have to turn the reel from time to time to check if you have hooked a fish."
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