Night sailing, referred to as... night sailing.
Night flight, this is not a simple word.
In the current world, which is similar to the Middle Ages and has extremely backward navigation technology, not to mention that there is no GPS positioning and radio communication on the modern earth, there is even a sextant for calculating longitude and latitude, and relatively accurate nautical charts.
You know, in the history of the earth, navigation did not advance by leaps and bounds until the Age of Discovery after the Middle Ages. Under the temptation of the huge wealth brought by the great geographical discovery, various fields such as shipbuilding, astronomy, hydrology, navigation, and trade were able to develop rapidly.
In the current world, there is no great geographical discovery, there is nothing in nature, and navigation is in an absolute dark age. Maybe wizards have some special navigation methods, such as using prophecy spells to detect the specific location of a place and guide the ship there. Ordinary merchant ships do not have this means, and most of them can only rely on experience and sailing logs obtained from unknown sources to navigate.
Most logbooks will not tell the user when and where they sailed, because the writer himself does not know. The most common logbook is generally like this: leaving Seme Port and sailing northeast, in about three days, you will encounter a white seabed.
Pass through this area, turn northwest, and go straight for two days until you encounter a reef area. After spending half a day walking around the reef and heading north, with a tailwind of about four days and a headwind of about five days, you can see the shadow of Dax Port.
If you don't find it, you may have missed it. It is recommended to turn left and look for it along the land. If I still can't find it... Well, I hope the gods I believe in can bless me, because I don't know where I am.
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In this backward situation, choosing night sailing can indeed speed up navigation, but the consequences are often unacceptable, ranging from hitting rocks, running aground, damaging ships, to getting lost in worst cases.
Imagine being on the boundless sea and suddenly unable to determine where you are, let alone which side of the continent. Food is getting less and less, fresh water is slowly bottoming out, and an atmosphere of despair will envelope everyone.
Therefore, the word "night flight" represents absolute danger.
But for the current captain Morgan, there is always a ghost ship chasing behind him, and he has to choose to use night sailing to try to get rid of the opponent.
Because he had a premonition that once he was caught up by the ghost ship, there would definitely be no good end. In addition, it is the confidence in his ability. He believes that with him at the helm and command, even a night flight will not cause any big problems.
And if the night voyage is really successful, it will not only have a great chance of completely getting rid of the ghost ship, but it will also greatly speed up the voyage.
Regarding this voyage, he has heard a lot of bad news, all about the conflict between the Black Holy Mountain Kingdom and another country ahead, and that a war will break out at any time to block the sea area. If this happened, all his cargo would be backlogged, and he would suffer heavy losses. He couldn't bear this happening. Therefore, if you can go faster, you can reduce the risk a little bit.
Having made a decision in his heart, Captain Morgan quickly thought about how to deal with the many situations of the night voyage, and while instructing First Officer Williams and the others to prepare, he slowly waited for night to fall.
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In a blink of an eye, it was dark.
Many torches were lit on the deck. Captain Morgan, who had taken a short rest, returned to the rudder position and cheered up to drive the ship forward. At the same time, he constantly sensed the wind direction and issued commands to adjust the sails.
"The port side is exposed to wind. In strong winds, the main sail deflects eight degrees to the right, the auxiliary sail deflects ten degrees to the right, and the tail sail deflects seven degrees to the right."
"Yes." The sailors responded and quickly moved their hands.
After a lot of work, the sails were adjusted and the sailors breathed a sigh of relief. A sailor was walking on the deck when he suddenly saw Richard standing in the corner of the deck, looking up towards the back of the ship, not knowing what he was looking at.
"Huh?" The sailor approached curiously, glanced at Richard, and asked, "Sir, what are you looking at?"
"Ghost ship." Richard replied.
"Ghost ship? Can you see it?" The sailor didn't believe it. How could he see another ship so far away on the sea in this dark night
Richard could naturally see it. After all, his eyesight was much better than ordinary people, but he didn't explain anything. He pointed out his hand and said, "Look in that direction. If you look carefully, you will find it."
"Really?" The sailor looked over doubtfully. He looked at it for a long time. Just when he almost lost his patience, he suddenly opened his eyes and discovered something.
"That's..." The sailor's expression changed, he turned around, ran towards Captain Morgan, and shouted, "Captain, Captain, look!"
"What?" Captain Morgan raised his eyebrows. After hearing what the sailor said, he turned his head and narrowed his eyes.
I saw a faint blue light appearing in the darkness behind the "Naru Rongguang Fisherman". At first it was only the size of a pea, like a flickering will-o'-the-wisp in a cemetery that might go out at any time. But after a while, the light became a little bigger, indicating that it was closer to the "Naru Rongguang Fisherman".
"Captain, that is the ghost ship chasing us. How can it be faster than us? How is this possible! It is not as good as ours during the day. Is it possible that there are demons helping it pull the ship at night?" The timid sailor said slightly He asked in fear.
Captain Morgan glared at the sailor fiercely, and said calmly: "It's not some devil helping it pull the boat, nor is it faster, but we are slower. After all, sailing at night has consequences. You can't change the direction at will, and the speed is not fast." Probably better than during the day.
I didn't expect that the other party could maintain the speed during the day... Moreover, I didn't expect that the other party would be so persistent - we fled at night, and they continued to pursue us at night. This is simply more dangerous than the greediest pirate! Are you really not afraid of running into trouble? snort! "
"Captain, what should we do?"
"Well -" Captain Morgan pondered, and made a decision in a moment, "Since he wants to chase, let's continue chasing. I don't believe that in this night, he can still defy nature? Since we can see the people on his ship now Blue fire, he must also be able to see the torches on our ship. Then... extinguish all the torches at the back of the ship, and extinguish the torches on both sides of the ship, leaving only the torch for lighting at the bow.
In this way, with the obstruction of the sail, he will not see any beam of light and will lose our goal. I'll make another detour to ensure that he chases me farther and farther away. "
"yes."
The sailor quickly did so, and Captain Morgan began to turn to port and gave the order.
"The main sail is tilted three notches to the left, the auxiliary sail is tilted five notches to the left, and the tail sail is tilted eight notches to the left..."
"clear!"
Not long after, the "Nalu Rongguang Fisherman" was almost enveloped in complete darkness, making a "squeaking" sound, turning to the left and continuing to move forward.
Richard witnessed Captain Morgan's operation on the deck and couldn't help but think: According to normal logic, after Captain Morgan's efforts, he could successfully get rid of the ghost ship, so he didn't have to worry about trouble.
but…
Thinking of this, Richard stood on the deck in the darkness, looked towards the rear, looked for a while, and frowned.
"Illusion?" Richard said, then shook his head, "It's not an illusion, the ghost ship is indeed closer."
Well, closer.
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