Day 93: A Squall over Ladoga
On a sailing yacht on Lake Ladoga in August, the skipper, Mikhalych, spots a squall coming and gives orders to his crew: a young sailor and Oleg, a first-timer.
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Dialogue
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A
Так, всем внимание! Видите тучу с белым валом над Валаамом? Это шквал, минут через пять будет здесь.
Right, everyone listen! See that cloud with the white roll over Valaam? That's a squall, it'll be here in about five minutes.
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B
Вижу, Михалыч. Ветер уже заходит, по воде тёмная рябь пошла. Что делаем?
I see it, Mikhalych. The wind's already shifting, there's dark ripple on the water. What do we do?
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A
Всем надеть жилеты! Стаксель убрать, на гроте взять риф. Олег, сидишь у лебёдки и без команды ничего не трогаешь.
Life jackets on, everyone! Down the jib, reef the main. Oleg, you sit by the winch and don't touch anything without an order.
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C
Понял, не трогаю! Только скажи, какая из этих верёвок шкот, а то я с утра путаю.
Got it, not touching! Just tell me which of these ropes is the sheet, I've been mixing them up since the morning.
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B
На яхте верёвок нет, есть концы. Синий это стаксель-шкот, а красный фал, его вообще не касайся.
There are no ropes on a yacht, there are lines. The blue one's the jib sheet, and the red one's a halyard, don't even touch that.
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A
Рифим грот, быстро! Олег, пригнись, гик над головой! Шкот трави, когда скажу, не раньше.
Reefing the main, quick! Oleg, duck, the boom's over your head! Ease the sheet when I say, not before.
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C
Ого, как накренило! Мы что, перевернёмся? Я, между прочим, плаваю только по-собачьи.
Whoa, look at her heel! Are we going to capsize? I can only doggy-paddle, by the way.
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A
Килевая яхта не переворачивается, запомни. Трави! Ещё! Всё, держим, приводимся к ветру.
A keelboat doesn't capsize, remember that. Ease! More! That's it, hold her, we're heading up into the wind.
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B
Михалыч, кажется, проходит. Ветер стихает, над Валаамом уже солнце, а у нас в кокпите воды по щиколотку.
Mikhalych, looks like it's passing. The wind's dropping, there's already sun over Valaam, and we've got ankle-deep water in the cockpit.
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A
Вот так Ладога и встречает новичков: пять минут ада, и опять курорт. Олег, живой? Ну, с крещением тебя.
That's how Ladoga welcomes newcomers: five minutes of hell, and then it's a resort again. Oleg, still alive? Well, consider yourself baptised.
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C
Жив, кажется. Теперь я понял, почему моряки говорят «ходить», а не «плавать»: плавает тут, как видите, только моя кепка.
Alive, I think. Now I get why sailors say they "go" to sea and never "float": as you can see, the only thing floating here is my cap.
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A
Кепку оставим Ладоге, это плата за науку. Приготовиться к повороту, ложимся на левый галс, к вечеру будем в Сортавале.
We'll leave the cap to Ladoga, that's the price of the lesson. Ready about, we're going onto the port tack, we'll be in Sortavala by evening.
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