徐京坤1989年出生在山东青岛，他12岁的时候，因为一次意外，他失去了自己的左胳膊。人们都觉得很可惜，他们都觉得“这孩子废了”，人们认为他没有未来了。虽然徐京坤也很痛苦，但是他相信自己有未来，他相信，如果他不放弃，命运就不会抛弃他。
2005年，16岁的徐京坤参加了国家帆船队，他代表中国参加了2008年北京残奥会帆船比赛。比赛结束后，帆船队就解散了，他不能继续做运动员了，离开了帆船队，他连一个住的地方都没有。但是他从来没放弃过航海的梦想，他从来没忘记过他是一位船长，他要去大海，那里才是让他兴奋的地方。
幸运的是，在朋友的帮助下，他找到了一艘旧帆船，他花了九个月的时间把这艘船修好了，他给这艘船起了一个名字叫“梦想”。他要去实现自己的梦想，他决定先完成环中国海航行。2012年，23岁的时候，他告别了家人、朋友，开始了一个人的航行。在海上他遇到了很多困难，但是命运这一次没跟他开玩笑，他成功了。
2015年，他驾驶帆船，参加了世界上难度最高的单人航海比赛——横渡大西洋帆船赛（Transatlantic Crossings），他成了人类历史上第一个用6.5米的小船跨越大西洋的独臂船长。从2017年到2020年，徐京坤一共5次跨过赤道，航行了3.4万海里，创造了记录，改变了历史。
航行需要大量的体力和脑力，但是在长时间的航行中，他一直吃不到新鲜的食物。睡觉也睡不好，每次只能睡10到30分钟，就要马上起来工作，每天只能睡3到4个小时。如果遇到坏天气，经常24小时，甚至更长时间都不能睡觉。
但是对他来说，这些困难都算不上大的挑战，他要去实现他心中更大的目标，他最大的航海梦想，就是参加法国旺代环球帆船赛（Vendée Globe），为了这个梦想，他已经准备了18年。
旺代帆船赛是地球上最残酷的比赛，选手们一个人驾驶一条没有动力的帆船，从法国旺代市出发，全程不靠岸、没有供给、不能返航。由于比赛难度大，时间长，所以每四年才举办一次。徐京坤是第一位参加这个比赛的中国船长。
Xu Jingkun was born in Qingdao, Shandong, in 1989. When he was 12 years old, he lost his left arm due to an accident. People felt sorry for him and thought, “This child is ruined.” They believed he had no future. Although Xu Jingkun also suffered, he believed he had a future. He believed that if he did not give up, fate would not abandon him.
In 2005, 16-year-old Xu Jingkun joined the national sailing team and represented China in the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games sailing competition. After the competition ended, the sailing team disbanded, and he could no longer continue as an athlete. He left the sailing team and had no place to live. However, he never gave up on his dream of sailing, nor did he forget that he was a captain. He wanted to go to the sea, which was where he found excitement.
Fortunately, with the help of friends, he found an old sailboat and spent nine months repairing it. He named the boat “Dream” and set out to achieve his dream. He decided to complete a circumnavigation of the coast of China. In 2012, at the age of 23, he said goodbye to his family and friends and embarked on a solo voyage. He encountered many difficulties at sea, but fate did not play tricks on him this time, and he succeeded.
In 2015, he sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, participating in the world’s most challenging solo sailing race—Transatlantic Crossings. He became the first one-armed captain in human history to cross the Atlantic Ocean using a 6.5-meter boat.From 2017 to 2020, Xu Jingkun crossed the equator five times, sailing 34,000 nautical miles. He set records and changed history.
Sailing requires significant physical and mental strength, but during long voyages, he couldn’t eat fresh food and couldn’t sleep well. He could only sleep for 10 to 30 minutes at a time and had to get up immediately to work. He could only sleep for three to four hours a day. If he encountered bad weather, he often couldn’t sleep for 24 hours or even longer.
However, for him, these challenges were not significant. He aimed to achieve a greater goal in his heart. His biggest sailing dream was to participate in the Vendée Globe, the most brutal sailing race on earth. He had been preparing for this dream for 18 years.
The Vendée Globe is the most grueling race on the planet. Competitors sail a non-powered sailboat solo, starting from the city of Vendée, France, without docking, supply, or turning back. Due to the race’s difficulty and length, it is held once every four years. Xu Jingkun is the first Chinese captain to participate in this race.
