The first tests on the Solent in 1959 caused a sensation.(1959年于蘇倫特海峽的首次試航引起了轟動。)

He sells out concert venues worldwide and was recently awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Music from Southampton Solent University for his contribution to the industry.(他在世界各地的音樂會都暢銷不衰，最近更獲得南安普頓索倫特大學授予的音樂學榮譽博士學位，以表彰他對音樂行業做出的貢獻。)

In 1965, military historian and amateur diver Alexander McKee, in conjunction with the British Sub-Aqua Club, initiated a project called 'Solent Ships'.(1965年，軍事歷史學家和業余潛水員亞歷山大·麥基與英國潛水俱樂部合作，發起了一個名為“索倫特船”的項目。)

The Solent, where the event takes place, lies between the Isle of Wight and the south coast of England and provides some of the most challenging sailing conditions in the world.(位于懷特島和英格蘭南海岸之間的索倫特海峽是本次帆船賽的舉辦地，這兒具有世界上最富有挑戰性的航海環境。)

What is undisputed, however, is that the Mary Rose sank into the Solent that day, taking at least 500 men with her.(然而，無可爭議的是，瑪麗·羅斯號在那天沉入了索倫特海峽，奪走了至少500人的生命。)

Visitors to Skandia Cowes Week enjoy a unique opportunity to see the yachts at close quarters on the Solent, both from boats and on shore.(帆船賽周期間，去考斯的游客有機會可以從船只或是海岸上近距離地觀看游艇。)

The first tests on the Solent in 1959 caused a sensation. The hovercraft travelled first over the water, then mounted the beach, climbed up the dunes, and sat down on a road.(1959年，在蘇倫特海峽進行的首次試航引起了轟動，氣墊船先是在水面上行駛，后又登上海岸，爬上沙丘，最后停在路上。)

In 2008, a middle-aged businessman named Harmesh Pooni fended off his creditors by locking himself inside No man's Land Fort, a complex in the Solent straight near the Isle of Wight.(2008年，中年商人哈梅施·普尼的為了躲債把自己鎖進了“無主之地”堡壘。這棟綜合樓位于英國懷特島附近的索倫特海峽。)

While on paper this was a plan to examine a number of known wrecks in the Solent, what McKee really hoped for was to find the Mary Rose.(雖然從理論上講，這是一項研究索倫特海峽中已知沉船的計劃，但麥基真正希望的是找到瑪麗·羅斯號戰船。)

Other firms in the rabbit warren are apparently recession-proof: Solent International, which fits out yachts abroad for the super-rich;(“養兔場”的其他公司顯然都不懼怕衰退：SolentInternational，為國外超級富豪訂做帆船；)