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Chichester
Australia
Cape Horn
Southern Ocean
After resting in Sydney for a few weeks, Chichester set off once more in spite of his friends' attempts to dissuade him. The second half of his voyage was by far the more dangerous part, during which he sailed round the treacherous Cape Horn. On 29 January he left Australia. The next night, the blackest he had ever known, the sea became so rough that the boat almost turned over. Food, clothes, and broken glass were all mixed together. Fortunately, the damage to the boat was not too serious. Chichester calmly got into bed and went to sleep. When he woke up, the sea had become calm again. Still, he could not help thinking that if anything should happen, the nearest person he could contact by radio, unless there was a ship nearby, would be on an island 885 miles away. After succeeding in sailing round Cape Horn, Chichester sent the following radio message to London:" I feel as if I had wakened from a nightmare. Wild horses could not drag me down to Cape Horn and that sinister Southern Ocean again.
"在悉尼休息了几周之后,他不顾朋友的多方劝阻,再次扬帆出航。这后半段航程更为艰险,在此期间,他绕过了险情四伏的合恩角。1月29日他驶离澳大利亚。第二天夜晚——这是他所经历过的最黑暗的一个夜晚——海面上波涛汹涌,小船几乎被风浪掀翻。食物、衣服还有碎玻璃,全都混杂在一起了。幸好小船受到的损坏还不算太严重。奇切斯特镇静地钻进被窝,睡着了。等他醒来时,大海又恢复了平静。然而,他仍禁不住想到,要是果真有什么意外,他能借无线电联系上的人,最近的也要在885英里以外的岛上,除非附近哪儿有条轮船。 成功地绕过合恩角以后,奇切斯特便通过无线电给伦敦发去如下的电文:“我觉得好象刚从恶梦中醒来。就是野马也休想再把我拖回到合恩角和那凶险莫测的南大洋去了。”