There were currently no domestically produced yachts, nor any corresponding laws or regulations. Sailing this yacht out at sea now was essentially a matter of going wherever they pleased.
As far as he knew, in another twenty years, recreational vessels like these would have specific classifications.
The lowest was probably class five, which could sail no farther than five nautical miles from shore and had a minimum design significant wave height of meters.
Waves varied greatly in height, rising to uneven levels. Significant wave height could be understood as the wave height you estimated by eye, usually times the average wave height.
Then class-four vessels could go no farther than ten nautical miles offshore, class three no farther than twenty, and class two no farther than two hundred. The highest grade, class one, could travel beyond two hundred nautical miles. Only boats like those could go deep-sea fishing.
Back when he worked at sea, whenever they were nearing shore, he would see plenty of fishing boats fishing dozens of nautical miles offshore. Out of curiosity, he had looked up information about fishing boats and learned a little.
But in this day and age, they had no restrictions. With no relevant laws or regulations, they could sail freely, however far they wanted.
Many fish gathered around Yujing, trenches, and drop-offs offshore, most more than sixty or seventy nautical miles from shore. He reckoned these people certainly wouldn’t venture that far out and take risks. At most, they would fish in coastal waters for a bit of fun.
Sure enough, after what he estimated was a little over an hour underway, covering just over thirty nautical miles, the yacht gradually slowed to a stop.
He calculated that this spot was about ten nautical miles farther out than their usual trawling grounds. After