Some people swim the English Channel between Britain and France, others prefer to sail.
已经有人游泳横渡过英国和法国之间的英吉利海峡，不过也有人更喜欢用航行的方式。
French inventor Franky Zapata has attempted to make the crossing on a jet-powered hoverboard -- but failed.
法国发明家弗兰基·萨帕塔最近尝试用喷气动力悬浮滑板跨越大西洋，但以失败告终。
Zapata, a former jet ski racing champion, took to the skies Thursday on his Flyboard Air vehicle but missed a platform mounted on a boat as he tried to land midway for refueling, Reuters reported.
据路透社报道，前水上摩托艇冠军萨帕塔于本周四驾驶着他的飞行器飞上天空，但在试图中途着陆加油时，他错过了安装在船上的一个平台。
The 40-year-old was uninjured in the fall into the sea.
所幸现年40岁的的他在坠海时没有受伤。
"When I got closer to the platform, the boat took a wave and it hit the foot of the machine and broke it," Zapata told a press conference Thursday.
萨帕塔在周四的一场新闻发布会上说:“当我靠近平台时，这艘船受到了海浪的冲击，撞到了机器的底部，把它弄坏了。
"I lost balance, I fell in the water. The flyboard is damaged, the electronic part has to be redone, the motors are ruined but the base is saved," he continued.
“我失去了平衡，掉进了水里。飞板损坏了，电子部件必须重新组装，其中马达坏了，但底座保住了。”他接着说道。
He was around 11 miles from the finish at St Margaret's Bay, England.
他离设在英国圣玛格丽特湾的终点大约还有11英里。
"I could see the British borders," he told the press conference.
“我已经能看到英国的边境了，”他在新闻发布会上说。
But not all is lost, as he hopes to make a second attempt to cross the channel "as soon as next week."
但并不是所有的努力都付之东流，因为他希望“最快下周”能第二次尝试横渡英吉利海峡。
The daredevil, who took off at around 9 a.m. local time (3 a.m. ET) from from Sangatte in France, was attempting to mark the 110th anniversary of the first aerial crossing of the Channel.
这名冒险者于当地时间上午9点左右(美国东部时间凌晨3点)从法国桑加特起飞，当时他正试图纪念首次飞跃英吉利海峡110周年。
He hoped to make the 22-mile (35km) journey in 20 minutes.
他希望在20分钟内完成这22英里(35公里)的路程。
Footage from his launch showed Zapata climbing up onto a platform in the French coastal town, stepping onto his flyboard and then flying off into the horizon.
从他出发的视频中可以看到，萨帕塔爬上了法国沿海小镇的一个平台，踩上他的飞行板，然后飞向地平线。
The flyboard looks like a chunky skateboard and is powered by five small engines.
他的飞板看起来像一个笨重的滑板，由五个小引擎驱动。
It is fueled by kerosene, which Zapata carried 104 pounds of in his backpack, Agence France-Presse reported.
据法新社报道，这辆车的燃料是煤油，萨帕塔的背包里装了104磅的煤油。
He was due to pick up a second pack of kerosene at the mid-Channel refueling stop.
他计划在中途加油站换上第二包煤油。
The inventor captured the world's imagination when he took to the skies above Paris at Bastille Day parade on July 14 with the board that can reach an altitude of nearly 500 feet -- with the potential to go much higher -- and a speed of 87 miles per hour.
7月14日，这位发明家在巴黎的巴士底日游行上，以87英里每小时的速度，飞上了近500英尺的高空—甚至还可以飞更高。
Even French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted a video of Zapata's exploits.
甚至法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙也在推特上发了一段记录萨帕塔光辉事迹的视频。
While the Bastille Day flight only used "3% of the machine's capacity," a successful crossing of the Channel will take "99.9%," Zapata told us ahead of his Channel crossing.
尽管巴士底日的飞行只使用了“机器3%的容量”，但萨帕塔在穿越海峡前告诉我们，成功穿越海峡将需要“99.9%”。
He warned that wind strength could be his biggest obstacle on Thursday.
他提醒说，风力可能是他周四面临的最大障碍。
Zapata said he believed he had a "30% chance" of making it across, and admitted to feeling greater pressure now that there is a lot more interest in his exploits.
萨帕塔说，他相信自己有“30%的机会”成功过关，他也承认，由于人们对他的成就越来越感兴趣，他感到了更大的压力。
"When you fly with your body, even your hands affect the direction you want to go in. You feel the turbulence and the air through your fingers," Zapata told us.
“当你用身体飞行时，甚至你的手都会影响你想要飞进去的方向。你可以通过手指感觉到气流和空气，”萨帕塔告诉我们。
"It's like becoming a bird. But it's also very hard. I have to fight against the wind with my legs so there's pain too. It's not as peaceful as it looks."
“这就像变成一只鸟。但这也很难。我必须用我的腿对抗风，所以也很疼。它并不像看上去那么淡定。”
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