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美洲杯帆船赛是世界上影响最大、声望最高的帆船赛,他的决赛只有两只船队参加,由本届优胜者挑战上届冠军。有一年美洲杯帆船赛决赛,由澳大利亚队挑战上届冠军美国队。在激烈的第五轮比赛中,澳大利亚队因临时出错,比赛刚刚开始,就已经落后美国队37秒。两只船队都使用了最好的船只,都对风向风速做了仔细的赛前预测,看来,这一场比赛,澳大利亚队已经很难取胜。这时,澳方的船长勃兰特作出一个重要的决定。当时的风速,是有利于在河流的右岸附近行驶的,而美国队已经抢占
The America’s Cup is the most influential and prestigious sailing regatta in the world. With only two teams participating in the final, the winner of the America’s Cup challenged the previous championship. One year the America’s Cup final, the Australian team challenge the former champion of the United States team. In the fierce fifth round, the Australian team was out of touch with the U.S. team for 37 seconds because of a temporary mistake and the game just started. Both fleets use the best of the boats and have made careful pre-race forecasts of the wind speed and direction. It seems that in this race, the Australian team has a hard time winning. At this time, Australian captain Brandt made an important decision. The wind speed at that time was conducive to driving on the right bank of the river and the U.S. team had seized