Chapter 82 (1/2)

Chapter 82 Little Town’s first voyage

Since Lightning was the only one who had any practical experience with sailing, she was assigned the duty of serving as navigator

In addition, she was also interested in the barge with its strange shape and unique construction h it looked very crude, it had every important part needed for a shi+p and and was able to move, but she wasn’t allowed to steer it herself After all, for most of her time at sea, she had only been a bystander since her father had always refused her requests to steer the shi+p

In accordance to tradition, Lightning smashed a bottle of wheat wine on the shi+p’s bow for the shi+p’s first departure, and then she gave the order to set sail Carter, as the captain, was naturally reluctant to let the little girl snatch his position as coht would folloith the same command

The sails of Little Toere sewn out of ani for the majority of the sails, but they were also mixed with some of Border Town’s specialties, like wolf skin, bear skin, and the like So the sail had ray and white, just like a sail patched together out of s The sails were trapezoidal, and were divided by four separate beas to connect it with the mast, while the bottom just fell onto the deck One just had to pull the cable to raise the entire sail

In order tothe shi+p as simple as possible, Little Town only had two sails that were parallel to each other and perpendicular to the eneral, if a two-masted sailboat were to be constructed in this way, it would only be able to catch very little wind, al the second mast irrelevant But with Wendy’s ability to control the wind, this design would let her distribute her power evenly on both sides of the center line, e the direction of the shi+p

When Lightning saw that the sail was set, she commanded the dockworkers on land to untie the rope At the ood The snow that fell occasionally was driven by light wind just like the water as the shi+p slowly left the shore

The little girl descended to Brian ‘s side and ordered, “Right on full rudder!

Carter also shouted, “Right on full rudder!”

“Uh, what does this right rudder ht circles?”

“No, you have to turn the steering-wheel left around,” said Lightning, while walking away “Come on, or do I have to come over?”

She had forgotten that it was the first time for these people to control a shi+p, so they even didn’t understand the basics of any instructions If this was a standard brig, I’m afraid they wouldn’t even be able to roll out the sails With less than ten people, they were still able to drive the shi+p offshore, which was only possible due to the shi+p’s unique design

Lightning took the wheel handle which was even higher than her, and with her feet off the ground, she rotated it left around – this huge transverse steering wheel was very heavy for ordinary women to turn In the absence of mechanical power and under-equivalent power transmission, she had to overco thecould fly, this was no problem for her She noted that there was a thin piece installed at the base of the rudder to prevent the rudder fro, so she couldn’t help but wonder, I heard that the shi+p is the Prince’s original design, so how can it be that he even knows this detail? Even sailors who had stayed at sea all year round did not necessarily know the structures of the various parts of the shi+p

“Sister Wendy, you can start producing your wind”

Wendy, who stood at the top of the cabin, didn’t knohether she should laugh or cry, so this was the true reason why His Highness had asked hts So now, I should power the shi+p withlife, such as dryingof contrast She opened her hands, going into her usual practice state, and let the wind blow fro the wind asit into both sides of the sail

To be honest, Wendy did not expect that this seely simple task would be so difficult to operate