My name is Amanda, and I like to race really fasting geese down very tiny creeks.

我的名字叫阿曼達，我喜歡在小溪裡和速度極快的鵝比賽。

The Murray River is about 2.5 1000 kilometers long, and it waves and intersects the town of Brand Mark upon which we race.

墨累河長約2.5 1000公里，它波濤洶湧，與我們比賽的布蘭德馬克鎮相交。

Dingy racing in the river land started in 1981 originally as a bet between two gentlemen at a fishing spot to see who could get back to the pub, the fastest over the last 36 years.

河地的小艇比賽始於1981年，最初是兩個紳士在釣魚點打賭，看誰能最快回到酒吧，在過去的36年裡。

That bet has now evolved into a global competition, attracting competitors from ALS corners of Australia and across the globe.

這個賭注現在已經演變成一個全球性的競爭，吸引了來自澳洲和全球各地ALS角落的競爭者。

Dinky.

小丁。

They're not normally designed to race way.

它們通常不是為了比賽而設計的。

Modify them, and we turn them into extreme race boats.

改造它們，我們把它們變成極限賽艇。

Our race sting.

我們的比賽刺。

These are rated to take a 10 horsepower motor, but we put a 30 horsepower engine on it.

這些電機的額定功率為10馬力，但我們在上面安裝了一個30馬力的發動機。

We flight down the creeks at about 90 kilometers an hour.

我們以每小時90公里的速度在小溪上飛行。

The race is absolutely a great fun, but it's also underpinned by some very serious competition, trying to modify the boat and engine to go as fast as possible and win the race.

比賽絕對是一個很大的樂趣，但也有一些非常嚴肅的競爭支撐，試圖把船和引擎改裝得儘可能快，贏得比賽。

The dingy derby has approximately 100 race boats in the event, which equates to about 200 competitors.

小艇德比約有100艘賽艇參加，相當於約200名選手。

Mhm.

嗯

You have the driver and they're responsible for piloting the boat.

你有司機，他們負責開船。

You also have the navigator, and they're responsible for moving their body weight forward and backward in order to control and steer the boat.

你還有領航員，他們負責向前和向後移動身體的重量，以控制和駕駛船隻。

We've also got in the order of 3000 Spectators.

我們也有3000名觀眾。

They'll come down and they'll watch the event because they're seeing the mechanic that fixes their car or the coffee shop owner that serves in their morning coffee.

他們會下來，他們會看這個活動，因為他們看到的是修車的機械師，或者是早上喝咖啡時服務的咖啡店老闆。

It's all about the community.

這都是社會的問題。

It's really family event, and there's a strong camaraderie and spirit within the town.

這是真正的家庭活動，鎮內有濃厚的友誼和精神。

I decided to get involved in dingy racing when my dad unexpectedly passed away, and his best mate and driver, John, asked me if I would take my dad's place in the boat.

我決定參與小艇比賽，當時我父親意外去世，他最好的夥伴兼駕駛員約翰問我是否願意接替我父親的位置上船。

I really missed my dad, and being involved in this race was a way that I could feel close to him by following in his footsteps.

我真的很想念我的爸爸，而參與這次比賽，也是讓我跟隨他的腳步，感受到與他的親近。

But it was also a really great way of progressing his legacy about showing it to as many new people on competitors as he could.

但這也是一個非常好的方式來進步他的遺產關於展示給儘可能多的新人在競爭對手。

Now I'm fully fledged as a competitor, in the dingy Derby, and I will race this event until there is no more water left in the Murray River.

現在我已經是一名正式的參賽者了，在小艇德比中，我會參加這項賽事，直到墨累河沒有水了為止。