SAILING LEGENDS: VOLVO OCEAN RACE

Book ID/图书代码： 14938111B49563

English Summary/英文概要： A fully-crewed race around the world was the dream of Ted Heath s Morning Cloud navigator Anthony Churchill, who handed the idea to the Royal Naval Sailing Association. The RNSA had project sponsorship from the brewing company, Whitbread and held the first race in 1973. The race had three stopover ports and there were 17 boats that took part racing to a handicap formula. It was won by a Mexican 65-footer. Subsequently held at four-year intervals until 2005, the character of the race changed gradually. The third edition saw the record number of 29 entries and the fifth saw the number of legs increased to six, when there were 23 boats and Sir Peter Blake s maxi-ketch won every leg. Blake had sailed in every previous race and might well have won in 1977, but his 68-foot Ceramco NZ was dismasted on the first leg (to this day the crew meet annually on the anniversary). The style changed for the next race, in 1993/4 when there were two classes the maxi-raters and the specially formulated Whitbread 60s. Volvo entered the fray at this point, providing the Volvo Trophy for what was to be the last Whitbread Round the World Race. In the following race, only the now-Volvo 60s took part and the race extended to nine legs with the start and finish still in Southampton. But the next race saw even more changes with another leg added and the finish at Kiel. It was also the last time the sixty-foot class was used. For the past two races, in 2005 and 2008, a new 70-foot class of even higher performance has been used and it will be used again for the next race. The start has moved from its Solent traditions to Spain, where the Volvo Ocean Race now has its headquarters, in Alicante. Throughout its history the race has been one of triumph and tragedy, of hardship and pleasure, but essentially it has been the ultimate sailing challenge that has attracted the best in the world.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在世界范围内举办单船多人帆船竞赛一度是“晨云号”船长安东尼•丘吉尔毕生的梦想。他将这一提议上交给了皇家海军帆船协会，在获得惠特比啤酒公司的赞助后，首次竞赛终于在1973年拉开帷幕。比赛全程共设有三个中途停歇点，17条穿参与竞赛，比赛最后的冠军是一艘来自墨西哥的65尺船。此后，截止到2005年，该竞赛每四年举行一次。慢慢地参赛者有了改变，到第三届时，参赛船只增加到29只，而到第五届时，赛道改为了6站，参赛船只23艘，皮特•布莱克几乎包揽了每一分站的冠军。之前，布莱克便一直参赛，1977年的胜利对他来说应该是实至名归的，但是他68尺的“希拉默克”号却在第一站就折断了桅杆（从此以后船员们每年都会在这一天聚会）。后来的比赛形式便发生了转变，1993/4年有两种级别的小型游艇赛，以及惠特比60周年特别赛。沃尔沃也在这次中加入了激烈的争夺赛，带着他的沃尔沃奖杯给最后一届惠特比的冠军。随后的比赛增加至乐九站，起点和终点仍旧在南安普顿。再后来增加了一站，使终点变为了基尔。同时这也是60尺级别的船只最后一次参赛，在最近的两届比赛中，2005年和2008年，新的70尺级别甚至更高级别投入比赛，而起点也移到了西班牙阿里坎特，也是目前沃尔沃海洋帆船大赛的本部所在。纵观这一赛事历史，可以说是荣耀与悲伤共生，困难险阻中交织着无穷乐趣，但无论如何，都改变不了她当今世界上举办最成功的帆船盛事的地位。(兼职翻译-DC)

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About the Author/作者介绍： 鲍勃•费舍与巴里•皮科索几乎参加了该竞赛举办以来的所有场比赛，因而近年来他们才能够有权利记录下这段难忘历史中的轶事。他们不仅是记者，也是作家，至今创作了50余本书籍（三本合作），他们将事实寓于轶事之中，精彩的记录了这场帆船竞赛的传奇发展史。
Bob Fisher and Barry Pickthall have covered every race since the beginning and have been given access over the years to some of the most remarkable stories. Journalists and authors of more than 50 books (including three jointly), they have been able to combine fact with anecdote to produce a remarkable volume recording a remarkable race.

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