ようこそ海峡横断のヒーローよ　カヤック海峡横断　②

前回の、この翻訳にカスタムされたカヤックの写真が載せてありますが、カスタムカヤックの後部デッキの高さを転覆させないように、でっかいフィンが隠れてそうな気がしますが、その写真が見つかりませんでした。ソーラーパネルが天井部分に張ってあって、さすが今風なアドベンチャースタイルなのかもしれません。
では、続きの翻訳をどうぞ。

強い心が必要な今回のプロジェクトに対して、自分たちがそれを維持し続けていけるようにです。
二か月以上彼らに吹き付けられた強風と潮の流れは彼らの１０００ｋｍに及ぶ終わることの見えなさそうなパドリングの旅。遠征の最中はポッドキャストに毎週記録しています。
１２月２９日の午後８時３０分に４６日間のこの恐怖との遭遇を私たちに伝えてきたのです。

最後の１時間半は２匹のサメに囲まれ続けていました。 彼らは挑戦的にボートにぶつかって、体をカヤックにこすり付けてきていた。ぼくたちは夕暮れの中でそれらを見ていました。 サメの１匹は２．５ｍ以上あり、もう１匹はそれ以上の馬鹿でかいことはわかっていました。

その大きさは、あの僕達のでかいカヤックの半分をしめていたのです。(ボートは約９ｍ)しかし、ぼくたちのカヤックは最強の構造に仕上げてあり、母親にだっこされている赤ん坊のように安心しきっていました。もし僕らのボートがちんけな作りだったと思うと恐ろしくて仕方がありません。

４時間前に、ぼくらは「シザーズペーパーロック（Scissors Paper Rock）*1で、負けた方が水に飛び込む罰ゲームをやりました。 スピードが出なくなってしまった原因の、ロット４１から藻？スキン？を落とすために。 ジョーンズは勇敢にも４５分間も水中にいた…今僕達は巨大なサメ２匹がぐるぐる回っているカヤックだったていうことを思い返すとマジで反省しなきゃいけな いね。

写真ロット４１

何か月もの間のカヤッキングでは、足を全く使うことがないために筋力がものすごく低下してしまい、ジャスティンとジェームスはニュージーランドに到着しボートから降りて、歩き出そうとしたが、二人で支えあわなければ歩くこともままならなかった状態になっていました。
それは喜びに満ちた笑顔、数えきれない抱擁、浴びるようにビールでのどを潤し、まるで映画のワンシーンのようでした。

翻訳fochmag.tokyo
ボートサイズなど他は調べて補足した。なんでフランス語の記事がないのだろう、ってオーストラリアだからあたりまえか。英語にがてやー、フランス語で書いてくれ…
［overrule］Crossing the Ditch to a heroes welcome With a big heart and a lot of ticker two young adventurers kayaked 3300 km to be the first to cross the Tasman Sea from Australia to New Zealand. This was the longest two man kayak expedition ever undertaken. After sixty two days of paddling James Castrission 25, and Justin Jones 24,reached the New Zealand shores of Nagamotu Beach at 12.20 pm local time (10.20 am AEDT). As James and Justin approached the shore they were met by a fleet of Maori wakas (canoes) and dozens of local kayakers who had paddled out to greet them. Crowds of more than three thousand lined the shore and rounds of Waltzing Matilda were sung as two very proud families waited to give their boys a hug. It was heroes welcome, and for James and Justin it was a dream come true. This is something we have dreamt about, it’s a goal that we have set ourselves and it wouldn’t have been fair if we didn’t give it a go. On 13 November 2007 they set off in a custom-made kayak named Lot 41 which was laden with supplies, safety equipment and communication systems. James and Justin likened their journey to the great Australian race horse Phar Lap who had to journey across the Tasman in a small boat after being sold to an Australian trainer. Lot 41 was the auction number in which Phar Lap was sold. On his first five races he pretty much lost every one of them, but his trainer had faith in him the whole way. That’s what this project has been about, a big heart, and just a mind set to keep on going." Over the two months they faced powerful winds and tides which saw them paddle in circles and add more than 1000 km and three weeks onto their journey. Each week they would record a podcast for those eagerly following their expedition. On Day 46, the 29th of December at 8.30pm they told us of this frightening encounter. "There have been two sharks circling us the last hour and a half. They are quite inquisitive and they are constantly bumping the hull and rubbing their skins up against us. We saw them just on dusk and we can work out that one of them is about 2.5 meters long and the other one is significantly larger than that. So it’s over half the length of our kayak. We feel very safe inside her majesties womb right now and are confident in the hull structure; never the less having their mass circling the kayak right now is quite terrifying. 。 It’s very sobering to think that four hours ago we played Scissors Paper Rock and the duty of the looser was to jump in the water and scrub the fur off Lot 41 as our speed had significantly slowed down again. Jonesy heroically found himself in the water scrubbing the hull for 45 mins… Now we have these two massive sharks circling around the kayak which has been a really sobering thought." Physical degradation was something that both James and Justin had to face with cuts taking a long time to heal and leg muscles deteriorating due to months of inactivity. A wobbly but joyous James and Justin supported each other as they walked onto New Zealand land. They appeared to be in remarkable shape with huge smiles, lots of hugs, and even the thirst to knock down a beer. "Thank you so much guys, we’re just going to go off to hospital now to get a check up, but we’re so, so happy." ［/overrule］

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