Chapter 765 Going out to sea
Anakai Beach in the north of Easter Island is the most attractive attraction on the island. In addition to a row of majestic Moai statues, there is a white sandy beach in a semicircle, which is long and wide, and the palm groves on the shore are lush and green.
Climb to the highest point on the island, the top of Trevaka Mountain at an altitude of 507 meters, and look out into the distance. You can see the large and small volcanoes on the island and the stone statues around them. The vast Pacific Ocean and the blue sky are integrated into one.
Not far down the mountain is the famous "Seven Samurai" giant stone statue attraction.
Every evening, people walk here to watch the sunset. The sunset glows half the sky red, and the huge stone statues are set off with eternal silhouettes.
As April turns to autumn and night approaches, there is a slight chill in the air, but this does not stop people from watching the excitement on Anakai Beach, witnessing it with their own eyes, and even participating in the beginning of another legendary adventure.
"The two ships are different!"
“I still like the first one.”
"I feel like the second one is more stylish, a bit like an aircraft carrier without an island!"
"What is a ship island?"
"It's the extra control tower on the runway."
"Now that you mention it, it does seem a bit like it!"
The beach was crowded with onlookers, pointing and commenting on the second canoe.
Unlike the first canoe , which was shaped like a Viking ship with pointed ends and a symmetrical body , the second canoe was long and flat, with only a raised bow and a stern like a pencil tail.
It really looks like an aircraft carrier without an island.
The most important thing is that the interior of the ship is not very deep, and its capacity is much smaller than the first ship.
In the setting sun, Bifang was shirtless, wearing only a pair of loose shorts, his arm muscles slightly bulging, his whole body stretched into a diagonal line, pushing the canoe from the shore into the sea step by step.
While most tourists were wearing coats, Bifang did not feel any cold. He was sweating slightly and reflected a faint light under the setting sun, almost golden, as if he was coated with polish, making him look more sturdy.
Many people on the shore even whistled. One could feel the strong physique of this person just by looking at it.
The hull entered the water little by little, and without any accidents, it successfully floated on the sea, even more stable than the first one.
This time Bifang didn't care about so many things. He got on the boat directly, stepped hard on the hull, and the sea water spread out in circles along both sides of the hull.
After confirming the buoyancy, Bifang directly leaned towards the other side and dropped it with force. The whole ship instantly tilted to the other side until it submerged the sea line, and a large amount of seawater instantly poured into the cabin.
There were exclamations from the shore.
But the next second, everyone was stunned. After the sea water flooded the hull, the entire canoe did not sink, but still floated on the sea!
"What's going on?"
"It didn't sink?"
“How come it didn’t sink if it was all flooded?”
Everyone was whispering, some of them not understanding what was happening before them.
Only a few people understand that this is just a piece of driftwood!
"I see! No wonder the cabin is so shallow and the bottom is so thick."
"What's going on? Please tell me."
"To put it simply, compared to a boat, this is more like a piece of driftwood. If the bottom of the boat is dug a little deeper, it won't be like this. It will sink directly after entering the water."
Many people suddenly realized.
But their guesses were not very accurate.
Bifang stood on the boat, keeping balance and always able to keep his upper body floating above the water. Seeing that the audience was a little confused, he explained.
"Whether it sinks or not depends mainly on the density of the boat. Most of the wood used to make boats is of very good quality and has a relatively high density, so that it can maintain a certain hardness. Therefore, it will sink to the bottom once it enters water. If it was the first canoe, the result would be the same."
"Because the outer fiber density of the palm tree is also very high, but as I said, its inner part is different. The inner structure is very loose, so it can be easily planed with iron tools. I use fire just to speed up the process and remove moisture by the way."
"After shaving off part of the outer shell and leaving a sufficiently low-density and sufficient inner layer, the density of the entire ship will be less than that of seawater, so that even if water enters, it will not cause it to sink."
"Rather than a boat, it's more of a life-saving device, a piece of driftwood that can float on the sea, except that I hollowed out a little bit of the hull to make it look like a boat."
"There are often storms at sea, so I must be prepared for the canoe to capsize at any time. After all, exploration is not about dying in vain. And only in this way can the canoe's outriggers be used. Otherwise, the two boats connected together are no longer a support, and the stability of the canoe cannot be guaranteed."
As an outrigger, it must be ensured that it will not sink easily, otherwise it will not play a stabilizing role. Imagine that an aircraft carrier is submerged in a rainstorm. The Viking, as the main body, will naturally not be spared, and may even be carried away by the sinking of the aircraft carrier.
【Death income】
【Bullfrog】
[Too thin, really too thin]
Bifang stepped on Canoe No. 2 until the sea water reached his calves. He then continued to step hard, and the canoe sank again until it hit the bottom and bounced back to his thighs.
At this time, Bifang jumped immediately, and repeated it several times. The canoe jumped out of the water under the action of inertia. Taking this opportunity, Bifang stepped on the edge of the boat and threw out the seawater in the boat. The buoyancy of the whole boat increased greatly, and it floated on the water again.
The people on the shore cheered and couldn't help but applaud.
[This move is so cool! ]
[Coach Fang, teach me how to act cool! ]
【Phew rate】
[Speaking of which, Lao Fang should give the two ships a name, so that they can be distinguished a little better]
【Crowdfunding ship name】
"Ship names?" Bifang thought for a moment and felt that Queshi should be the right name, but he did not give many netizens any chance to display their talents and immediately decided, "Then the first ship will be called Viking, and the second one will be called Aircraft Carrier!"
【What a waste of my talent. 】
Ignoring the unreasonable demands of the netizens, Bifang directly dragged the Viking into the water. When the two ships were side by side, he then laid the wood he brought between the two ships.
An outrigger is a piece of driftwood used to aid balance, and then there are outriggers on both sides.
The aircraft carrier plays the role of drifting wood, and at this moment Bifang needs to use a bracket to connect the two together.
"The outrigger is the inspiration for catamarans and trimarans in modern shipbuilding. The biggest advantage of this is that it can maximize the stability and wind and wave resistance of the ship without increasing the size of the ship."
"Even on the basis of the outrigger, the Polynesians also equipped the canoe with a triangular sail, which made it very fast."
"Captain Cook, yes, the one I mentioned before, the second Central Kingdom explorer to land on the island. When he discovered the Polynesians, he described them as 'their boats are much faster and more maneuverable than ours.'"
"This is also my goal for the remaining five days. In addition to making some tools, I will also install a sail on the boat. That way, my boat will be even faster. Otherwise, if I row the boat by myself, the resources near Point Nemo are not sufficient and I might die of exhaustion."
In order to discover and conquer new islands, the Polynesians modified the canoe so much that even its mother couldn't recognize it.
From a small boat, it evolved directly to one capable of long-distance sailing.
With absolutely no involvement of more complex manufacturing techniques, a canoe capable of crossing the ocean was created using skill.
"This ancient outrigger canoe is still widely used by the people in this island nation located in the Melanesian Islands. It is the main means of transportation for local fishermen to go fishing at sea."
"And this structure can also effectively increase the load-bearing capacity. In the Melanesian Islands in the Pacific that I mentioned before, there is a tribe that has a terrifying coming-of-age ceremony. Only after catching a shark with bare hands can a Melanesian youth be recognized and respected by the tribe."
"After catching the shark, they would tie the trophy to a rack and bring it back to the tribe."
Bifang pulled out a hemp rope made of tree bark and fixed the bracket.
In order to better fix it, he directly used three logs and a lot of ropes.
These ropes are made of the finest tough tree bark. First, the fiber threads are twisted into thin wires, and then the thin wires are twisted again, repeatedly. The thinner the wires are, the stronger they are. Bifang twisted them four times. The ropes are as thick as fingers and incredibly strong. Unless they are cut with a knife, it is difficult to break them with external force.
After teaching Bifang another method of fixing the rope, he tied the three pieces of wood together and completely connected the two canoes together.
Standing on the edge of the Viking, it tilted slightly compared to before, and now it even sways very little, it is incredibly stable.
After installing a triangular sail, it will be completely completed.
There is no need to worry about the canvas. Before coming, Bifang bought a huge piece of white canvas in the mall, which is enough.
This kind of thing needs to be woven, which is not impossible, but it is an extremely time-consuming job. It is completely too late to do the preliminary preparations. It is estimated that the system gives a glimmer of hope in order to reduce the difficulty.
If all else fails, you can look around on the island and maybe find some usable cloth. It doesn't matter if it's a little torn, you can just sew it together.
The next five days were not easy for Bifang at all, as he needed to make enough tools.
Obsidian weapons, containers for making fresh water, fish hooks, fishing lines are all necessary, as well as enough food and water.
The food needs to be caught by hand at sea and then smoked and dried for easy preservation, otherwise it will easily become moldy and spoil at sea.
After confirming that the boat is firmly fixed, can sail normally, and has sufficient performance, Bifang will pull it back to the shore to prevent it from being washed away by the waves when leaving at night.
It was not completely dark yet, and the onlookers around quickly raised their cameras and captured everything they saw.
The next day, pictures of the Viking and the aircraft carrier connected appeared on major websites, and many social networks were abuzz with the matter.
[Two ships? Is this about to start? Looking forward to it]
[It looks surprisingly good. I didn’t expect Fang Shen to have a talent for carpentry.]
[There is nothing in the universe that Fang Shen can't do! ]
Will he have children?
【Pure steel bar】
[No one believes this is true, right? Do you know what he does every time he goes off the air? He eats the lunch provided by the production team and performs in front of you, with a greasy mouth. Does anyone really believe this? ]
[Indeed, the photographer broke the news last time, and only you stupid fans believed it and deceived fools]
[Little black guy, your black feet are exposed, right? ]
[Go, go, go, I’m in China, I’m ready to stay up late to watch it ]
[This time is extremely unfriendly to students! ]
Bifang already has a fan base of over 100 million around the world, and every action it takes always attracts a large number of spectators to watch.
This situation was destined from the moment he announced the project and it cannot be changed.
Every time a live broadcast ends, the Internet is always lively for several days, and even many news newspapers will post updates online.
The edited videos on Island B will also see their click counts rise to an incredible low within just a few days, and will stay on top of the charts for at least a week before their popularity subsides.
This is a terrifying statistic that many celebrities would envy. Not only do they not have to go out of their circle to buy hot searches themselves, but many media outlets even take the initiative to do so.
The last time the gray whale was rescued, it was completed in the early or middle stages of the mission, so Bifang did not have much internet space.
After sixty days, the popularity of this incident on the Internet had almost disappeared, and more people were talking about the legend of completing the one hundred-day survival challenge.
Every time there is such popularity, it will attract a group of new fans.
Some people are jealous, some are envious, some are admiring, some are slandering, and some are bragging.
The discussion caused by the fans did not affect Bifang's mentality at this time.
Time is short and the task is heavy.
He still has a lot to do.
Day 12.
The sails have been assembled and simply fixed, and the ropes have been retracted to ensure that they can be retracted in the shortest time possible if a storm comes.
There are already a lot of tools on the Viking, filling up all the space except the sleeping space.
Five obsidian tools gleamed coldly in the sun, tied at the ends with ropes, along with several short spears, a dozen coconuts, several fish hooks, a pile of fishing lines, several wooden containers, and two fresh water collection devices.
The fresh water collection device is based on the same principle as the first sea drifting device, which uses distillation to obtain fresh water directly from the ocean. However, due to the abundance of tools, the device looks much more refined and more efficient.
The three logs that fixed the Viking and the aircraft carrier were tied with a large number of ropes. One reason was that they could be replaced at any time, and the other was to increase friction for easier walking.
Bifang added three wooden boards between the three logs to form a simple platform, which expanded the space for activities and made it easier for him to perform more operations.
There are ocean currents near Easter Island, and the fish resources are more abundant than those near Point Nemo. What Bifang has to do today is to go out to sea and collect enough food as much as possible.
Otherwise, once you enter Point Nemo, you might not encounter any fish for a week.
Many tourists who learned about Bifang’s activities today got up early and stood on the top of the mountain to watch Bifang pull two canoes into the sea and then head towards the open sea.
