Dawn Landes: A song for my hero, the woman who rowed into a hurricane

Prevoditelj: Sonja Žarić Recezent: Ivan Stamenković

In June of 1998,

U lipnju 1998. godine,

Tori Murden McClure left Nags Head, North Carolina for France.

Tori Murden McClure napustila je Nags Head, Sjeverna Karolina i krenula za Francusku.

That's her boat, the American Pearl.

Ovo je njezin brod, Američki biser.

It's 23 feet long and just six feet across

Dugačak 7 metara i samo 2 metra

at its widest point.

u najširoj točki.

The deck was the size of a cargo bed of a Ford F-150 pickup truck.

Paluba je bila veličine kreveta u kamionetu Ford F-150.

Tori and her friends built it by hand,

Tori i njeni prijatelji su ga sagradili svojim rukama,

and it weighed about 1,800 pounds.

a težio je oko 815 kg.

Her plan was to row it alone

Plan je bio da prevesla sama

across the Atlantic Ocean --

preko Atlantskog oceana --

no motor, no sail --

bez motora, bez jedara --

something no woman and no American had ever done before.

nešto što nijedna žena niti ijedan Amerikanac nije dotad napravio.

This would be her route:

Ovo bi bila njena ruta:

over 3,600 miles across the open North Atlantic Ocean.

više od 5790 kilometara preko otvorenog sjevernog Atlantskog oceana.

Professionally, Tori worked as a project administrator

Profesionalno, Tori je radila kao projektni administrator

for the city of Louisville, Kentucky,

za grad Louisville, Kentucky,

her hometown,

njen rodni grad,

but her real passion was exploring.

no njena prava strast je bilo istraživanje.

This was not her first big expedition.

Ovo nije bila njena prva velika ekspedicija.

Several years earlier, she'd become the first woman to ski to the South Pole.

Nekoliko godina prije, postala je prva žena koja je skijala do Sjevernog pola.

She was an accomplished rower in college,

Bila je vješta veslačica na fakultetu,

even competed for a spot on the 1992 U.S. Olympic team,

čak se natjecala za mjesto u američkom Olimpijskom timu 1992. godine,

but this, this was different.

no, ovo je bilo drugačije.

(Video) (Music) Tori Murden McClure: Hi. It's Sunday, July 5.

(Video) (Glazba) Tori Murden McClure: Pozdrav. Nedjelja je, 5. srpnja.

Sector time 9 a.m.

Lokalno vrijeme 9 sati ujutro.

So that's Kentucky time now.

Kao vrijeme u Kentuckyju sad.

Dawn Landes: Tori made these videos as she rowed.

Dawn Landes: Tori je pravila ove snimke dok je veslala.

This is her 21st day at sea.

Ovo je njen 21. dan na moru.

At this point, she'd covered over 1,000 miles,

Do ovog trenutka, prešla je preko 1600 km,

had had no radio contact in more than two weeks

nije imala radio kontakta više od dva tjedna

following a storm that disabled all her long-range communications systems

prateći oluju koja je onemogućila cijeli komunikacijski sustav na daljinu

just five days in.

prije pet dana.

Most days looked like this.

Većina dana je izgledala ovako.

At this point, she'd rowed over 200,000 strokes,

Do tog trenutka, zamahnula je veslima preko 200 000 puta,

fighting the current and the wind.

boreći se protiv strujanja vjetra.

Some days, she traveled as little as 15 feet.

Nekim danima bi prešla samo 5 metara.

Yeah.

Da.

And as frustrating as those days were,

I koliko god ti dani bili frustrirajući,

other days were like this.

neki dani su bili poput ovih.

(Video) TMM: And I want to show you my little friends.

(Video) TMM: Želim vam pokazati svoje male prijatelje.

DL: She saw fish, dolphins,

DL: Vidjela je ribe, delfine,

whales, sharks,

kitove, morske pse,

and even some sea turtles.

čak i morske kornjače.

After two weeks with no human contact,

Nakon dva tjedna bez ljudskog kontakta,

Tori was able to contact a local cargo ship

Tori je uspjela stupiti u kontakt sa lokalnim teretnim brodom

via VHF radio.

preko VHF radija.

(Video) TMM: Do you guys have a weather report, over?

(Video) TMM: Momci, imate li vi vremensku prognozu?

Man: Heading up to a low

Čovjek: Približava se nizak tlak

ahead of you but it's heading,

ispred vas, no približava se,

and you're obviously going northeast

a vi očito idete sjeveroistočno

and there's a high behind us.

a iza vas je visoki.

That'd be coming

Također, dolazi i sa

east-northeast also.

istoka-sjeveroistoka.

TMM: Good.

TMM: Dobro.

DL: She's pretty happy to talk to another human at this point.

DL: Prilično je sretna što razgovara sa drugim ljudskim bićem u ovom trenutku.

(Video) TMM: So weather report says nothing dramatic

(Video) TMM: Vremenska prognoza kaže da se ništa dramatično

is going to happen soon.

neće dogoditi uskoro.

DL: What the weather report didn't tell her

DL: No, ono što joj vremenska prognoza nije rekla

was that she was rowing right into the path of Hurricane Danielle

je da upravo vesla ravno na put uraganu Danielle

in the worst hurricane season on record in the North Atlantic.

tijekom najgore sezone uragana ikad zabilježene u Sjevernom Atlantiku.

(Video) TMM: Just sprained my ankle.

(Video) TMM: Isčašila sam gležanj.

There's a very strong wind from the east now.

Veoma jak vjetar dolazi sa istoka.

It's blowing about.

Puše brzinom --

It's blowing!

Puše!

After 12 days of storm

Nakon 12 dana oluje

I get to row for four hours

mogu veslati 4 sata

without a flagging wind.

bez vijugavog vjetra.

I'm not very happy right now.

Nisam baš sretna trenutno.

As happy as I was this morning,

Koliko god bila sretna jutros,

I am unhappy now, so ...

sad sam nesretna, tako da...

DL: After nearly three months at sea,

DL: Nakon skoro tri mjeseca na moru,

she'd covered over 3,000 miles.

prešla je preko 4800 km.

She was two thirds of the way there,

Prešla je dvije trećine cjelokupnog puta,

but in the storm, the waves were the size of a seven-story building.

no u oluji, valovi su bili veličine sedmerokatne zgrade.

Her boat kept capsizing.

Čamac joj se uporno prevrtao.

Some of them were pitchpole capsizes, flipping her end over end,

Ponekad bi se potpuno prevrnula, od jednog kraja do drugog,

and rowing became impossible.

a veslanje je postalo nemogućim.

(Video) TMM: It's 6:30 a.m.

(Video) TMM: 6:30 ujutro.

I'm in something big, bad and ugly.

Ja sam usred nečeg velikog, lošeg i gadnog.

Two capsizes.

Dva prevrtanja.

Last capsize, I took the rib off the top of my ceiling with my back.

Zadnje prevrtanje, slomila sam svojim leđima rebro na stropu.

I've had about six capsizes now.

Dosad sam se šest puta prevrnula.

The last one was a pitchpole.

Posljednje je bilo potpuno prevrtanje.

I have the Argus beacon with me.

Imam Argus signal ovdje.

I would set off the distress signal,

Poslala bih poziv upomoć,

but quite frankly, I don't think they'd ever be able to find this little boat.

no, iskreno, sumnjam da bi mogli pronaći ovaj mali čamac.

It's so far underwater right now,

Toliko je duboko pod vodom,

the only part that's showing pretty much is the cabin.

da se jedino kabina vidi.

It's about 10 a.m.

Otprilike je 10 sati ujutro.

I've lost track of the number of capsizes.

Izgubila sam broj koliko sam se puta prevrnula.

I seem to capsize about every 15 minutes.

Čini se da se prevrćem svakih 15 minuta.

I think I may have broken my left arm.

Mislim da sam slomila lijevu ruku.

The waves

Valovi

are tearing the boat to shreds.

kidaju čamac na komadiće.

I keep praying because

Stalno se molim

I'm not sure I'm going to make it through this.

jer nisam sigurna da ću ovo preživjeti.

DL: Tori set off her distress beacon

DL: Tori je poslala poziv u pomoć

and was rescued by a passing container ship.

i spasio ju je brod s kontejnerima u prolazu.

They found her abandoned boat two months later adrift near France.

Pronašli su njen napušteni brod dva mjeseca poslije zalutalog blizu Francuske.

I read about it in the newspaper.

Pročitala sam o tome u novinama.

In 1998, I was a high school student living in Louisville, Kentucky.

1998. godine bila sam student srednje škole u Louisvilleu, Kentucky.

Now, I live in New York City. I'm a songwriter.

Sada živim u gradu New York. Kompozitorica sam.

And her bravery stuck with me, and I'm adapting her story

Zapamtila sam njezinu hrabrost, i sada adaptiram njenu priču

into a musical called "Row."

u mjuzikl imena "Veslaj."

When Tori returned home,

Kad se Tori vratila kući,

she was feeling disheartened,

osjećala se demoralizirano,

she was broke.

slomljeno.

She was having a hard time making the transition

Imala je teškoća s prijelazom

back into civilization.

natrag u civilizaciju.

In this scene, she sits at home.

U ovoj sceni, sjedi kod kuće.

The phone is ringing, her friends are calling,

Telefon joj zvoni, prijatelji ju zovu,

but she doesn't know how to talk to them.

ali ona ne zna kako razgovarati s njima.

She sings this song. It's called "Dear Heart."

Pjeva ovu pjesmu. Zove se "Drago srce."

(Guitar)

(Gitara)

When I was dreaming,

Sanjajući,

I took my body

odvela sam svoje tijelo

to beautiful places

na predivna mjesta

I'd never been.

na kojima nikad nisam bila.

I saw Gibraltar,

Vidjela sam Gibraltar,

and stars of Kentucky

i zvijezde Kentuckyja

burned in the moonlight,

užarene u svjetlosti mjesečine,

making me smile.

nasmijavajući me.

And when I awoke here,

A kad sam se ovdje probudila,

the sky was so cloudy.

nebo je bilo tako oblačno.

I walked to a party

Išla sam na zabavu

where people I know

gdje se ljudi koje poznam

try hard to know me

jako trude znati mene

and ask where I've been,

i pitaju gdje sam bila,

but I can't explain

no, ne mogu im objasniti

what I've seen to them.

što sam vidjela.

Ah, listen, dear heart.

O, slušaj, drago srce.

Just pay attention,

Obrati pozornost,

go right from the start.

kreni otpočetka.

Ah, listen, dear heart.

O, slušaj, drago srce.

You can fall off the map,

Možeš s karte pasti,

but don't fall apart.

ali se nemoj raspasti.

Ooh ooh ooh,

Ooh ooh ooh,

ah ah ah ah ah.

ah ah ah ah ah.

Ah ah,

Ah ah,

ah ah ah.

ah ah ah.

When I was out there,

Dok sam bila tamo,

the ocean would hold me,

ocean me držao,

rock me and throw me,

ljuljao i bacao,

light as a child.

laku kao dijete.

But now I'm so heavy,

No, sada sam toliko teška,

nothing consoles me.

ništa me ne tješi.

My mind floats like driftwood,

Moj um pluta kao drvo,

wayward and wild.

razuzdan i divlji.

Ah, listen, dear heart.

O, slušaj, drago srce.

Just pay attention,

Obrati pozornost,

go right from the start.

kreni otpočetka.

Ah, listen, dear heart.

O, slušaj, drago srce.

You can fall off the map,

Možeš s karte pasti,

but don't fall apart.

no nemoj se raspasti.

Ooh.

Ooh.

Eventually, Tori starts to get her feet under her.

Naposljetku, Tori je je počela vraćati svoj život.

She starts hanging out with her friends again.

Počela se družiti s prijateljima opet.

She meets a guy and falls in love for the first time.

Upoznala je muškarca i zaljubila se prvi puta.

She gets a new job working for another Louisville native,

Dobila novi posao radeći za još jednog Louisvillskog starosjedioca.

Muhammad Ali.

Muhammad Ali.

One day, at lunch with her new boss,

Jednog dana, na ručku sa novim šefom,

Tori shares the news that two other women

Tori podijeli vijesti da su druge dvije žene

are setting out to row across the mid-Atlantic,

krenule veslima preko Atlantskog oceana,

to do something that she almost died trying to do.

da naprave nešto što je ona skoro poginula radeći.

His response was classic Ali:

Njegov odgovor je klasični Ali:

"You don't want to go through life

"Ne želiš provesti život

as the woman who almost rowed across the ocean."

kao žena koja je skoro preveslala ocean."

He was right.

Imao je pravo.

Tori rebuilt the American Pearl,

Tori je ponovo sagradila Američki biser,

and in December of 1999,

i u prosincu 1999. godine,

she did it.

je uspjela.

(Applause) (Guitar)

(Pljesak) (Gitara)

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)