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In the long history of insane people

在悠久的人類歷史中

trying to one-up another in stupidly dangerous world records,

總是有人想打破各種危險的世界紀錄

one of these records stands above all the others

其中一個世界紀錄與其他相比

as being the most dangerous. That record is the

特別危險，那個紀錄就是

water speed world record. How fast you can make yourself move while

水上速度記錄，試想想多快你能在水上移動

on the water. The current world record was set in 1978,

現存的世界紀錄於 1978 年創下

and every official attempt to beat it since has

而每個有意超越它的嘗試

resulted in the person attempting it getting themselves killed.

皆導致嘗試者喪生

But what makes the attempt so dangerous?

但為甚麼這些嘗試會如斯危險？

It should be pretty obvious if you watch a video of one of these attempts.

倘若你看過當中的畫面，這應該會是十分明顯

Traveling at insanely fast speeds of several hundred miles

以極快的時速，譬如數百里航行

per hour, on flimsy boats on a lake is a

再加上使用薄而脆弱的船隻

recipe for disaster waiting to happen. But before the current

不難會發生意外

world record in 1978 was set, the record was

但在現時的世界紀錄創下以前

already an elusive and deadly prize.

那紀錄已是極其致命

Going fast on the water for most of history wasn't really

在我們發現如何使用汽油發動船隻之前

an exciting feat, until we figured out how to put gasoline

水上速度可謂不是甚麼有趣的紀錄

engines on boats. In the 1930s, the competition for the

在三十年代，水上速度的競賽

water speed record was in a tight race that kept going back

一直受美國和英國的

and forth between an American and British team of idiot

所謂「精英」青睞

geniuses. The first casualty in pursuit of the

首個因為這紀錄而喪生的人

record was perhaps the ironically named Englishman Sir Henry

應該是英國人 Henry Seagrave

Seagrave, who in 1930 set the world record

他在 1930 年創下於水上以時速 159 公里航行的紀錄

at 99 mph (159 kph). Apparently unsatisfied

然而他並不滿足

with not breaking past 100 mph (160 kph), he set out

一直想要打破時速 160 公里的紀錄

immediately afterwards on the same day to try again, but

於是他立刻在同一日再次嘗試

this time his boat struck an object in the water, which

但這次他的船隻撞上了障礙物

caused it to capsize and killed both him

令船隻覆沒

and his co-pilot. The record continued to go

更奪去他與另一位船長的生命

back and forth between the

這紀錄繼續成為英國與美國間的

Americans and the British, until a guy named Malcolm Campbell

兵家必爭之地，直至 1939 年

(bet you'll never guess which of the countries he belonged to), locked the

英國人 Malcolm Campbell

record in place in 1939, before that

成功打破歷史紀錄

big global war kind of stopped people from trying

不久後第二次世界大戰爆發

for a while. Once the 1950s came around though, and

令世界紀錄的競賽稍作暫停

people started figuring out how to put jet engines on their boats.

至五十年代，人們開始為船隻裝上噴射引擎

The fatalities of people trying REALLY

嘗試打破世界記錄的人數才節節上升

began to skyrocket. An Englishman named John Cobb

一個名為 John Cobb 的英國人

wanted to be the first person to break the 200 mph (320 kph)

想成為第一個打破時速 320 公里紀錄的地球人

speed barrier, and built a jet-powered boat called Crusader

於是就製造了以噴射引擎發動的船隻 Crusader

to do it. In 1952, out on Loch Ness,

在 1952 年，他帶著船隻前往尼斯湖

he managed to get up to 210 mph (337 kph), and

並成功令船隻速度提高至時速 337 公里

achieved his goal and the record. But the boat's front plane

不但達成目標，亦打破紀錄

unfortunately collapsed, which caused the boat to

然而船隻的前平面不幸塌下，令船隻解體

instantly disintegrate, causing Cobb to die from

紀錄打破者 Cobb 更休克致死

shock. Two years later, in 1954, the pursuit

兩年後的 1954 年

of the record would claim its next life. The Italian

創造世界紀錄的嘗試又奪去人命

Motorboat Federation was offering a 5,000,000 lira

當年意大利汽艇聯會有意獎賞成功打破紀錄的意大利人

price to any Italian that could beat the record. So, two Italian

五百萬里拉，於是有兩位意大利商人

businessmen built a piston engine hydroplane named

就製作以活塞引擎發動的水上飛機 Laura 3

Laura 3. Traveling across a lake in Northern Italy,

船隻在一個位處北義大利的湖泊

the boat was going fast at 190 mph (306 kph),

達到了時速 306 公里的高速

but ultimately became unstable and the pilots lost

因而變得不穩，船長更失去船隻的控制

control of it. The boat somersaulted through the water and

船隻最終覆沒

threw one of the pilots out, which

其中一個船長更遭拋離船隻

didn't result in him surviving. Following these disasters,

最後遭遇死亡厄運

a guy named Donald Campbell, son of the previously mentioned

災難發生後，Malcolm Campbell 的兒子

Malcolm Campbell, decide to break the record himself.

Donald Campbell 打算獨自打破世界紀錄

Learning many lessons from Cobb and the Italian designers,

汲取前人教訓

he created a new craft called K7 that returned

他建設了名為 K7 的船隻

to the classic 3-pointer design that was built entirely out of

首次棄用金屬，以增加硬度

metal to increase rigidity. Over the next 9 years,

接下來的 9 年

Campbell and K7 went on to break the world record

Campbell 總共 7 次打破了世界紀錄！

7 times! Finally getting up to a speed of

最後在 1967 年

276 mph (445 kph) in 1967.

他打破了高達時速 445 公里的世界紀錄

He became the most prolific water speed

成為史上打破水上速度紀錄

record breaker of all time,

最多次的嘗試者

and he could have retired then. But for whatever sad reason he didn't. He wanted to go even further

原本他可以結束嘗試，但他想再下一城

and equipped K7 with even more powerful

並為 K7 裝上擁有更高馬力的引擎

engines to try and beat his own record for an 8th time!

最終第 8 次成功打破紀錄！

He sped across the lake at an average speed of

他在湖泊上

295 mph (475 kph), and whether he got

以平均時速 475 公里航行

cocky or just reckless, he decided to go

最終他變得魯莽

back across the lake immediately before the water had settled down.

在船隻減至安全速度前便立刻轉彎

On this return run, K7 began to lose stability and

令 K7 失去穩定性

Just 400 meters short of the finish line,

更在終點前 400 米

K7's nose lifted beyond it's critical pitch,

K7 前端脫離水面

took off, somersaulted, and smashed into

整隻船升高，打筋斗，最後跌入水中

the water, nose first, breaking up as it cartwheeled across

前端首先碎裂，然後整船粉碎

the surface. It took two weeks of searching

這足足花了兩星期

just to discover the wreckage. But it wasn't until

才找到了船隻的殘骸

33 YEARS later in 2001 that Campbell's

Campbell 的屍骸更要於 33 年後

body was actually discovered!

即 2011 年才被發現！

The world record that I mentioned at the beginning of this video was finally set in

開頭講述的世界紀錄

1978 by the Australian Ken Warby.

最後由澳洲人 Ken Warby 於 1978 年創下

He managed to get an average speed of 317.6 mph (511 kph)

他成功令船隻加速至平均時速 511 公里

during his run. He survived to talk about it.

並且安全離開，更向大眾講述他的經歷

But the next two attempts to beat his record did not.

但其後跟隨的兩個嘗試者卻非如此幸運

The first was by an American name Lee Taylor who had already

首個嘗試者是美國人 Lee Taylor

gotten himself into a horrible crash that nearly killed him over a decade

他曾在十年前嘗試時撞船，幾許喪生

previously. Determined to take the record from Warby though,

其後他打算在 1980 年 11 月 13 日再創高峰

he scheduled his attempt for November 13, 1980 but when

立志打破 Ken Warby 早前創下的紀錄，但當天

the day arrived he found the conditions on the lake unfavorable

他發現湖泊的環境並不理想，並取消了是次的嘗試

and cancelled. Not wanting to disappoint the spectators

然而為了不令觀眾及傳媒失望

and media though, he went on a test run anyway and

他仍然在湖上進行了測試航行

hit a swell which caused the boat to start violently shaking at the

不幸撞上障礙物，令船隻開始強烈搖晃

high speeds. The boat ended up collapsing into the water

最終下沉

which claimed Taylor's life in front of everybody who had

令 Lee Taylor 在眾目睽睽下喪生

gathered to watch him. The final official attempt at breaking

最後一次對於創造世界紀錄的正式嘗試

the record was in 1989, when Craig Arfons

是在 1989 年

raced in his fiberglass Kevlar boat that's probably

美國人 Craig Arfons

an Xbox Live gamer tag somewhere named Rain X Challenger.

帶同他的船隻 Kevlar 去挑戰世界紀錄

But like so many before him, his boat

惟與前人一樣

somersaulted at 300 mph (483 kph)

他的船隻在時速 483 公里的高速下覆沒

and killed him. Ever since those two disasters,

並奪去他的性命，自此再無打破

no official attempts have been made to break Ken Warby's record

Ken Warby 於 1978 年創下的紀錄之正式嘗試

set back in 1978. But despite the high

儘管有著高意外率及死亡率

accident and fatality rate, the water speed record remains

水上速度紀錄仍然令

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