They have been compared to astronauts -- these elder navigators who sail vast open oceans in double-hulled canoes thousands of miles from a small island.
人们曾经把他们跟 宇航员对比 -- 这些年长的航海者 驾驶着双体独木舟 从一个小岛出发 在辽阔的海洋之上 航行数千英里。