圖片上的小帆船叫Moth,中文叫蛾級。看她長得是不是像飛蛾啊!
這是一條小型的單人艇,船身兩側延伸出一對翅膀用於坐人和壓舷,中插板和舵都是T形的並且是像水翼一樣長長的伸到水裡。只有一面主帆沒有前帆。
航行的時候整個船體出水,所以速度非常快。
2015年6月3日,女探險家Hannah White 獨自駕駛Moth水翼帆船從法國Cap de Gris 出發,最終航抵英國多佛,憑藉全程用時僅3小時44 分39 秒的驚人成績,成功創造世界紀錄。怎麼樣,速度是不是很快呀!
其實Moth也有很多類型,比較常見的有:
the International Moth, a fast sailing hydrofoil dinghy with liberal restrictions;
the Classic Moth, a traditional dinghy with tighter restrictions
the British Moth, a one design sailboat similar to those sailed in the 1930s
the New Zealand Mark 2 scow moth which became abundant in the 1970s.
the earlier Restricted Moth of the 1960s and 70s which had fewer restrictions allowing for class development. Confusingly, this nomenclature was sometimes used interchangeably with the term International Moth in Australia and NZ.
不同類型的當然價格也會差蠻遠,小明看到國外很多賣2手Moth的,成色好點的都要1萬多歐,所以我推測新船的價格大概會在2萬歐左右。
駕駛這種帆船需要很高的技巧,連世界級高手也不免翻船,讓我們來一起看看2015年Moth世界錦標賽的精彩片段吧