"This is the Chinese Navy's 175 ship. May I ask if you have anything to do with us? We will escort in this area. If you need help, please call me on Channel 16 and wish you a happy sailing and you are done."
In the past few days, a short video of "The Gulf of Aden accidentally encountered the Chinese naval escort formation" became popular on the Internet. When the video publisher "Captain Han" (the creator of the watermelon video contract) drove a sailing boat across the Gulf of Somalia Ding, he suddenly saw two Chinese warships. He tried to contact the Chinese navy with a walkie-talkie. Reply to him, make him excited. On May 18th, the Yangzi Evening News Ziniu News reporter contacted Captain Han. He said that it was purely accidental to meet our navy escort formation on the vast sea far away from the motherland and was excited for a long time.
Yangzi Evening News / Ziniu News reporter Wan Huijuan
unexpected surprise
Encounter Naval Escort Formation
Millions of comments after the video goes online
Captain Han, named Han Xiao, is 35 years old and is from Chengdu, Sichuan. At the beginning of 2019, Han Xiao sold his house in Chengdu and went to Northern Europe to buy a monolithic sailboat. He named the sailboat "Dark Blue". In March 2019, Han Xiao drove the "Dark Blue" from Stockholm, Sweden to the south, planning to challenge the sailing ship to sail around the world for 3 years before returning to China.
On April 24, local time, the "Deep Blue" was crossing the Gulf of Aden to Oman. Han Xiao heard from a walkie-talkie that a merchant ship was calling the convoy formation Weishan Lake, so he dialed the Weishan Lake ship's satellite phone for reporting The position of the sailing boat, and sent greetings to the escort formation. On the same day, the Weishan Lake ship was carrying out the 1303th batch of escort missions, preparing to join the Panamanian merchant ship in the sea area. After learning that the course was consistent with the "Dark Blue", the Weishan Lake ship actively invited him to join the formation.
Han Xiao replied regretfully: "The sailing speed is slow and can't keep up with the formation." Soon after saying goodbye to the Weishan Lake ship, the "Deep Blue" encountered the formation command ship Yinchuan ship sailing in the nearby waters, and Yinchuan came from the intercom. The voice of the ship: "This is the Chinese Navy 175 (Yinchuan) ship. I will escort in this area. If you need help, please call me on Channel 16!" Han Xiao immediately thanked the Yinchuan ship: "Thank you Yinchuan ship! Thank you Defend the dignity and property safety of our Chinese people in this area, and pay you the highest respect! "
A few days ago, Han Xiao posted the video of this encounter on the Internet. In the video, a few sentences touched countless netizens and left millions of comments. "My tears came out when I heard the reply from the Chinese Navy." "China People's sense of security and pride arises spontaneously. " Although things have passed for a while, in retrospect, Han Xiao is still very excited, "In the Gulf of Aden, the moment the red flag fluttered, I understand, how can there be a prosperous world, but someone will carry the load for you!
Nautical dream
Sell a house and buy a sailboat just to see the world
Because he was born in the interior, before becoming a "captain", the sea was just a concept in Han Xiao's mind, "I am not a person who has been longing for the sea since I was a child, but I am indeed a non-stop" fleeing " People. "Han Xiao had some savings after working, and suddenly thought of Mauritius to open an inn. "The inn I drove in Mauritius was on the seaside in eastern Africa. Every day in the inn I met guests from Europe sailing to a harbour near the equator. I took the guests around to dive and dive. Listen to the guests telling about the experience of sailing all the way from Europe. At that time, I had an idea, and I wanted to see the world beyond the coastline like them. "
At first, it was just an impulse, but the impulse grew into obsessions that couldn't be pulled out of his mind. So in the second half of 2018, Han Xiao took the ASA106 level course of global navigation license in the United States.
"Early in 2019, the ship-buying broker told me that the shipbuilding company had a suitable live ship in Stockholm, Sweden. However, the climate and ocean current conditions in the high-latitude sea area are complicated. It is an extreme test of will and technology. "Han Xiao hesitated for a few days, but he knew that if he chose to wait, he would not be able to get to the new ship in two or three years. "I think it's time to set off, so I sold my house in Chengdu, bought a sailboat, and decided to go sailing."
Han Xiao said with a smile: "I always wanted to" break out "and wanted to see the world. This is my dream." Han Xiao's parents did not stop him, but just told him to come back alive. His wife has always been the person who supports him the most, "I mentioned this before we got married. She was very supportive and envious. Before in Spain and Egypt, I let her come and we stayed together for a while, I will choose a segment that is not too risky for her to participate. "In the video recorded by Han Xiao, the reporter also saw some scenes where he and his wife were cooking on the sailboat.
Robbery
The first voyage, the propeller was almost wrapped in the sea
In mid-April last year, after three transfers, after 27 hours and 13,000 kilometers, Han Xiao arrived at the starting point of the voyage-Stockholm, Sweden, and saw the sailboat he bought. One month later, Han Xiaobei went through the formalities to modify the sailing boat alone, and after finishing the nearly 80 kg of equipment brought in from China, he started his first voyage in his life. Han Xiao plans to cross the Baltic Sea route first, enter the Kiel Canal in Germany, then cross the English Channel into the Atlantic Ocean, along the Spanish coastline into the Mediterranean Sea, and finally arrive in Turkey in November 2019.
In April last year, the temperature of the Baltic Sea was extremely low. Soon after sailing, the propeller of the sailing boat was caught in the fishing line. Han Xiao jumped into the sea in a diving suit to clear the fishing line. "The biting sea water reminds me of the movie" Titanic ". Jack and Ruth bid farewell in the ice sea of similar latitude. Scene, I suddenly felt how painful it was to die. It took less than 10 minutes to launch, and half an hour after returning to the boat, I was still shaking. "
Soon after he encountered another thunderstorm, the ship sailed into the storm. "If the engine is damaged and not repaired in time, and the ship loses fixed kinetic energy, I will be buried in the bitter seawater like Jack." Drive away from the storm completely.
Sea life
To avoid terrorists, go dark or sail in bad weather
Han Xiao told Ziniu News reporter that he would park every time he went to a country, take a rest for a few days, and feel the local characteristics and customs. "I dig oysters by the sea and dig into iron buckets. The huge, fresh and cheap king crabs are full, I dive in various seas, and I see a lot of rare undersea wonders ..." he talked endlessly. Information on this journey.
Affected by the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, Han Xiao left the port of Egypt on April 1 and still has no way to enter the port. He has been floating on the sea. "I have traveled to many countries and traveled to many places, and I have never felt such a tense atmosphere. These countries are blocked, and even in Sudan and Eltnia I have encountered direct eviction by the Marine Guard."
The Gulf of Aden is the highest rated sea area in the international navigation danger zone, and it is also the only way for Han Xiao to sail. "I was actually very worried before I passed the Gulf of Aden. I heard that terrorists would have some bombing behavior, but they could not stay forever. Since I was away from home for a long time, I was so homesick, so I decided to venture across the Gulf of Aden." With the accumulated knowledge of navigation, study the wind direction and formulate a navigation plan that is as thorough as possible. "I used the methods of blackout and sailing in bad weather, because the bad weather pirates will not come out." After 10 days and 9 nights, 2020 In the early morning of May 3, Han Xiao finally crossed the Gulf of Aden safely as expected.
"I think a lot during this time about life, dreams, family. I want to give up countless times, and many struggled in the middle of the night, but I thought of the original dream. If I give up, maybe I will not forgive myself in this life. "
cost
Has spent more than 3 million yuan
Netizens often leave a message to ask Han Xiao, how much does global navigation cost?
Han Xiao calculated an account for the reporter, went to the United States to study the ASA106 level course of the global navigation license, spent 3,000 US dollars, and lived in the United States for about 10,000 yuan a month; Han Xiao ordered a new sailing boat with a cost of 2.27 million RMB, the later modification of the equipment also cost a lot of money; the cost of stopping the boat at the terminal varies from country to country, ranging from 30 to 80 euros a day; the daily fuel consumption of sailing ships at sea is about 400 to 600 yuan between. After a rough calculation, Han Xiao said that it has cost more than 3 million yuan from Sweden to the present.
Suggest
Don't rush to sail
So far, Han Xiao has passed more than 20 different countries, with a total of more than 10,000 nautical miles, spanning the Baltic Sea, the Kiel Canal, the Atlantic coast, and the Strait of Gibraltar ... He will stay in Oman until August, and then start to cross the Indian Ocean, Arriving at an international port in India, and then to Maldives, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand, is expected to return home by the end of the year.
What do you think when you are drifting on the sea? "When you are alone in the endless sea, it is actually very lonely and lonely. At this time, I will listen to music and think about life by the way." Han Xiao said that while he was on the ship, he had already begun to plan his future life. "Future , I want to open a small sailing shop in the coastal area, hoping to let more people feel the happiness brought by sailing, and also to meet my wife ’s dream, that is, facing the sea, the spring is blooming. I have been implementing my own The dream, then return to the family, this is an inevitable process, and then the family ’s dream should be realized. "
Han Xiao said that many netizens watched his video and wanted to sail on his own sailboat just like him. In this regard, he wanted to say, "I hope you will not only see the gentle side of the sea, but also the dangerous side. To become a qualified captain, you must go through rigorous training and make detailed plans in advance. Be prepared enough not to start a journey rashly. "