I read every book I could on sailing, and then eventually, having been told by my school I wasn't clever enough to be a vet, left school age 17 to begin my apprenticeship in sailing.
我读了能找到的每一本 关于航行的书， 然后学校终于通知我， 我还不够资格做一名兽医， 因此17岁那年我离开了学校， 航海学徒的生涯开始了。