"You kid." Xiang Yang smiled and immediately changed his tone. "Being able to drive the boat out of the dock is just the most basic operation for a driver. It's as simple as reversing a car out of a garage. The next step is how to drive the boat out of the port and how to avoid other fishing boats in advance when encountering them. This is what you need to pay attention to."
What Xiang Yang said was true. If a ship had an accident at the dock, the most it could do was to try a few more times, just like reversing a car out of a garage. If it reversed a few more times, it would eventually be able to get the car out.
But if it collides with other ships when leaving the port, it would be a real big accident.
Xie Shuai operated the fishing boat in an orderly manner and moved it forward slowly. Xiang Yang found that his boat driving skills were quite good, even not worse than Xiang Yang's own.
Xiang Yang looked around and didn't see any small fishing boats, so he said, "Just keep driving at this speed. I'll go outside on the deck to take a look. Call me if you need anything."
"Okay, Captain." Xie Shuai nodded immediately.
Xiang Yang left him a walkie-talkie and walked out of the cab.
As long as there were no other fishing boats around, Xiang Yang would let these guys do whatever they wanted. If they could really capsize the boat, that would be their own skill.
When he reached the deck, Xiang Yang saw a group of people crowded together in one place on the deck.
The strange thing is that this group of people huddled together were not looking at the sea outside, but were all looking up in a direction above the cabin, and Chen Qingsheng was standing next to the group of people with a smile on his face.
"What are you looking at?" Xiang Yang asked with a smile.
"Captain, you're out?" Tang Bao pointed to the top of the cabin and shouted, "Look over there, there's an eagle."
"What eagle? It's an eagle." Someone nearby immediately said.
"That's right, it's a Steller's sea eagle, the king of the sky and one of the eight great sea eagles." Su Shiming said.
Xiang Yang turned his head to look above the cabin, and saw a Steller's sea eagle clinging to an iron pole on the top of the cabin with its claws, staring down with a fierce look, even its feathers standing up, as if ready to attack at any time. It restrained itself a little after seeing Xiang Yang appear.
Xiang Yang understood immediately. The Steller's sea eagle must have never seen so many "strangers" on the ship before, and was secretly on guard out of its raptor instinct.
"Hutou, come here." Xiang Yang shouted to the top of the cabin.
"Captain, you are quite childish." Xia Pengjie laughed after hearing this. However, he stopped laughing as soon as he showed a smile on his face. He was shocked to see that the Steller's sea eagle actually flew down from the top of the cabin at Xiang Yang's beckoning, and walked towards Xiang Yang with a weird outward-facing gait, like a funny guy.
"This, this." Xia Pengjie rubbed his eyes in disbelief and exclaimed: "Captain, is this your pet?"
The crew were stunned.
This is not just any cat or dog, it is the king of the sky, the Steller's Sea Eagle, a genuine first-class protected animal!
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "Hu Tou and I are friends."
Everyone still found it incredible.
But when they saw Xiang Yang gently stroking the head of the Steller's sea eagle and the Steller's sea eagle squinting its eyes in enjoyment, everyone had to accept this fact.
A crew member saw that the Steller's sea eagle looked harmless and wanted to go up and pet it.
As a result, the Steller's sea eagle suddenly opened its eyes, a sharp light flashed in its eagle eyes, and then it raised its head, let out a sharp cry, and its feathers instantly stood up, just like a rooster ready to fight.
The crew member was startled and quickly took a few steps back.
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "Tiger Head is a bit shy, so you should get familiar with it before getting close to it."
"Okay." Although the crew member was unwilling, when he saw the sharp and flashing beak of the Steller's sea eagle, he immediately gave up the idea of touching the Steller's sea eagle's head.
"Captain, you are amazing." Tang Bao said with admiration, "You can even tame such a ferocious Steller's sea eagle."
"What's this?" Chen Qingsheng said meaningfully: "You haven't seen Big Head and Second Head. Wait until you see them, tsk tsk."
"Big head? Two heads? And two Steller's sea eagles?" Xia Pengjie asked puzzledly.
"Okay." Xiang Yang smiled and said, "I have never tamed them. These animals are actually spiritual. As long as you don't hurt them when you see them, they will become good friends with you."
"What are those big heads and two heads?" a crew member asked.
"Well." Xiang Yang blinked his eyes. "You will know when you see them. I will keep you in suspense for now."
The crew immediately wailed, "Come on, Captain, Brother Sheng, please don't stop talking halfway."
At this time, Xie Shuai's voice came from the intercom, "Captain, Captain, I'm in the control room."
Xiang Yang made a gesture to silence the crew members, and they immediately quieted down.
"I'm Xiang Yang. What happened?" Xiang Yang asked.
"Captain, it's like this. We are now far away from the port and can't see the coastline behind us. Can I speed up?" asked Xie Shuai.
"You kid." Xiang Yang first laughed and scolded: "You want to drive fast just after you got out of the driving school?" Then he said: "Keep the current speed. You are not familiar with this area of water, and I haven't explored it underwater. It is very likely that there are reefs in places we can't see. We can only sail at this speed before leaving the continental shelf."
But Xie Shuai was not worried but happy. He asked in surprise: "Captain, can I drive the ship out of the continental shelf?"
"this... ... "
Xiang Yang originally wanted to say that after the distant-water fishing boats come back, there will be plenty of opportunities to go out of the continental shelf, and then you can drive them however you want.
But looking at the young faces in front of him, Xiang Yang suddenly changed his mind. He changed the tone and said, "Well, since we are already out, we have to drag the net and go back. Haha, the fuel fee is not cheap. I can't come out for nothing."
Chen Qingsheng immediately gloated, "I told you to stay on the shore, but you insisted on coming out to hang out. You'll have to do hard labor in a while."
"Just do it. Aren't we here to work?" the crew members said indifferently.
Xiang Yang smiled. Except for Xia Pengjie, basically all of these crew members were technical workers of the engine room. Strictly speaking, they did not have to do work on the deck.
And the deck department was indeed well-staffed, so these crew members had few opportunities to clean up the catch.
Because there are few opportunities, Xiang Yang also has few opportunities to train them. There are no sailors following them on this voyage. If they cast nets, it will be a rare opportunity for these crew members to experience life on the deck. That's why Xiang Yang temporarily changed his mind and decided to cast a few nets before going back.