法國12歲男孩打破橫渡英吉利海峽紀錄
A 12-year-old French boy has broken the record for crossing the English Channel in a small children's sailing dinghy.
日前，一名12歲的法國男孩打破了乘小型兒童帆船穿越英吉利海峽的記錄。Tom Goron set sail from the Isle of Wight at 05:00 local time last Wednesday and arrived in France 14 hours and 20 minutes later.
這個名叫湯姆·戈倫的男孩，於上週三當地時間05:00從懷特島起航，14小時20分鐘後抵達法國。He broke the previous record set by 15-year-old Violette Dorange in 2016 by 36 minutes.
他打破了2016年15歲的維奧列·多讓創下的紀錄，比舊紀錄快了36分鐘。
"I'm proud of him," his mother said after he completed the feat. "He is stubborn, ambitious and perseverant."
他的母親在他完成這項壯舉後說道：“我爲他感到驕傲。他頑強、雄心勃勃、堅持不懈。”
The schoolboy made the 60-mile crossing in an Optimist boat at an average speed of more than four knots. He was followed closely by his father who was on hand in case anything went wrong.
這名男孩以4海里的平均時速，乘着樂觀號船完成了此次橫渡。他的父親緊隨其後爲其做安保工作，以防出現問題。He suffered from seasickness during the attempt and wanted to give up after five hours but his father persuaded him to keep going, according to the Le Figaro newspaper.
據《費加羅報》報道，他在此次嘗試期間暈了船，並且在開始五個小時後想要放棄，但他的父親勸他繼續前進。On arrival, he said that he hoped to one day emulate the French yacht racer Francois Gabart, who last year set a new world record for the fastest solo round-the-world navigation.
在抵達之後，他表示希望有一天能夠效仿法國遊艇選手弗朗索瓦·加貝爾。弗朗索瓦·加貝爾去年創造了最快單人環球航行的世界紀錄。
