Fishing boats in Rashid, mobile homes to earn a living.. Have...

Usually the fisherman leaves his home and goes to his work, aiming for his livelihood hidden inside the depths of the water, to climb the deck of his fishing boat heading to the sea to live for a long period of time approaching between 15 days to a month, he lives between the sky and the water in the arms of the waves, so his boat is similar to his house The “seventh day” was on a tour from inside one of the fishing boats in the city of Rashid in the Buhaira Governorate, a city that overlooks the waters of the Nile River and the Mediterranean Sea.

First aid is the most important thing on a fishing boat

From inside a boat the hunt We met with Abdul Qader Al-Shami, who has been working in fishing since he was young, he inherited the profession from his father and grandfathers. Oil, tea, sugar, vegetables, rice, ghee, everything in addition to first aid medicines.” The crew of the boat consists of approximately 10 people, including fishermen, cooks, mechanics, workers, head of the boat, and assistant chief of the boat, each of whom has his job inside the boat. If one stops his work for a moment, the balance of the trip is disturbed.

Abdul Qader continued: “There is no sleep for the length of the trip or rest, we divide the hours of sleep among each one, each one sleeps only two hours, and the other relaxes him a little, and so on. The most difficult thing that can accept us during the trip is if the weather turns once, and there is a nucleus and rain, we stop the boat immediately and wait for the weather to improve.

Kitchen, bedrooms and living rooms in each compound

Abdul Qader continued: The boat is divided into 3 parts, two ends and a middle, the importance of the boat lies in its middle, as it is located at the bottom of the boat the motor and mechanic equipment, and above it the kitchen for preparing foods, and above it there are two rooms, the room which is the “cabin” in which the captain of the boat sits and in front of him is the computer To run the marine navigation program to know the map,” gps” It is connected to the satellite to see the road clearly and avoid any accidents that might happen, and the “doman” that is controlled by the captain of the boat, while walking, has a small room for the head of the boat in front of it, while the living rooms for the boat’s feeder are on the lower floor of the boat.

He continued: This is in contrast to “the propeller or the merry-go-round that is at the end of the boat, the motor fuel tanks, the rudder, and the winch with ropes on it..