Magicraft Meister Part 3

Marcia took a sip of the kuhe Reiko had prepared for her and opened her mouth.

"What I'm talking about," she said, "is the ship the duchy is using."

"A ship. ......"

Just the other day Jin had seen a ship on Lake Yato.

"I've only seen a few of them, but the duchy's ships are old, aren't they?"

"Yes, they are.

"Well, they are used for fishing, so why don't they use more stable boats?"

"A catamaran?"

This is the kind of hull that Marcia and Rodrigo are good at.

"Yes, that's right. And maybe we can get outriggers."

An outrigger is also called an "outboard floating structure," which is a stabilizing structure consisting of an overhanging brace with a float attached to the end of it.

They are retracted when navigating and protrude when fishing."

"Oh, I see."

"This is the type my father and I have been discussing recently."

"I like that. When ...... the time comes, I'll ask him to show it off at < first.

Jin was impressed by the idea.

"Hmmm, the ocean. I'm worried about the strength of the brace when the waves are rough.

Marcia said, "It's only for calm waters.

"I think we can get by with the materials we use, though, don't you?"

Jin also offered his opinion.

"Of course, that's one solution, but then there's the cost. ......"

"Oh, I see."

Unlike Horaijima, the cost of materials is usually an important factor.

Jin comes up with more ideas.

"Hmmm........., how about making the brace flex?"

How about making it flex without breaking," Jin said.

"Oh, I see. ......"

"Would it still work as an outrigger?"

"Hmm, Marcia, it's worth a study."

Rodrigo also seemed to be interested in trying out Jin's idea.

"Haha, I guess it's useful to talk about making things with Jin!

Marcia is in a good mood.

Then Reinhardt also expressed his opinion.

"In a lake, there would be a lot of flat-bottomed boats, wouldn't there?"

"Smaller vessels would be."

Jin replies.

"If you don't mind the speed of movement, an oval or even an elliptical shape is also possible.

"Hmm, well, that's one way to look at it.

Marcia nodded, "Sounds interesting.

"So we can increase the buoyancy at the edges to make it more stable.

Reinhardt said, "The image is of a rubber boat, like the ones in Jin's world.

"Hmmm, sure, more buoyancy around the edges would increase stability, but ...... how do you do that?"

"I think we could use <>. It's also shock absorbent."

< is an abbreviation for . It is a material developed jointly by Saki and Hanna.

"I see, that's interesting. It's not suitable for large vessels, though."

Jin was also impressed by the idea and expressed his opinion.

"That's why they use it for flat-bottomed boats used for fishing in lakes," he said.

"Well, that's what it's going to be. I've seen some fishing boats that can take several people, ......."

Jin remembered the fishing boat he had seen in Lake Yato.

"I don't think the hull of that one needs much improvement. I think the propulsion system needs to be improved.

Marcia's opinion is valid.

"Since we're going to use it in shallow water, you know, a blow floater would be a good idea, wouldn't it?"

"Ah, you mean the method of releasing wind magic into the sails."

Jin remembered with nostalgia that Eckart Tekles, a merchant in the Kingdom of Celuloa, had devised such a method.

And that method is not in use now. There is a reason, of course.

"It would not be suitable for small to medium-sized vessels. ......"

Jin says,

"I guess so."

Marcia smiles.

The wind is blowing from the blower to the sails, so there is a gust of wind between the blower and the sails.

On a small ship, the crew would be exposed to the wind, not to mention the large ships with high masts. The same is true for a medium-sized ship.

"It's not so easy. ......"

Reinhardt folded his arms and thought about it.

Just then, he received a message from the .

"Oh, is it that time already?"

"It didn't take long for us to talk."

Jin and the others moved from the observation room to the bridge.

On the bridge, Ars is reflected in the huge magic screen.

<

"Yes, that's good."

<

Three minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

The western edge of the Laurentian Continent is in sight.

.

"Okay, activate the geo-scanner."

Preliminary tests have been done on the moon, so we can start up the scanner with confidence.

After about a minute of operation, the scan was completed.

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"Okay, please."

It is understandable that it takes a little bit of time to process the scanned data.

After all, this is our first attempt.

Nevertheless, the analysis was completed in 5 minutes.

The reason is that it is difficult to understand the layered structure of the underground from a bird's eye view.

"Oh, so this is how it looks like.

"Wow, it's so easy to understand."

Jin and members of the Jin family stared at the structure for a while and thought about why it was like this.