NgeSonto elizayo, mhla zingama-30 kuNcwaba, udokotela wase-Australia uMatthew Wright uhlelelwe ukuqala uhambo oluya echwebeni lase-O Xufre, e-A Illa de Arousa (Pontevedra), ukuze aqale uhambo lwakhe lokuzungeza umhlaba eyedwa, olungapheli, olungasizwa muntu. Ukuhamba kuhlelelwe u-12:00 emini, lapho ezophakamisa khona amaseyili esikebheni sakhe, i-'Agitator'. Ukuhanjiswa kuzohlanganisa ukubingelela ngezibhamu ezingu-21, udumo oluphakeme kakhulu emasikweni asemanzini, kanti imikhumbi eminingana izophelezela itilosi amamayela akhe okuqala ambalwa.
Lolu hambo, oluzothatha cishe izinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili futhi luhlanganise amamayela angaphezu kuka-27.000 olwandle (cishe amakhilomitha angu-50.000), luzothatha uWright luzungeze ama-capes amathathu amakhulu—iGood Hope, iLeeuwin, neHorn—luze ludlule eSouthern Ocean, olubhekwa phakathi kwezitha kakhulu emhlabeni. Umgibeli uzobhekana nenselele esikebheni esingamamitha angu-11 ubude , i-Agitator, iRustler 36 eyenzelwe ukumelana nezimo ezimbi kakhulu.
I-adventure ephuphe isikhathi eside
UWright, oneminyaka engu-56, ungudokotela wegumbi lezimo eziphuthumayo e-Adelaide futhi ubelokhu ephupha ngokuhamba ngomkhumbi emhlabeni wonke iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amathathu. Wayengakwazi ukukwenza ebusheni bakhe ngenxa yokushoda kwemali, kwabe sekufika izingane; nokho, ulwazi lwakhe kwezokwelapha eziphuthumayo lumenze waqaphela ukuthi akasakwazi ukulinda isikhathi eside. “Ngivame ukuhlangana nabantu ababehlela ukwenza izinto ngineminyaka engu-65 noma engu-70, kodwa-ke banenkinga yempilo. Ngiyazi kahle ngalokhu futhi ngicabanga ukuthi lesi yisikhathi esihle sokuthatha isinyathelo,” echaza engxoxweni ne-EFE. Ukukhetha kwakhe i-A Illa de Arousa kwakungeyona ingozi ; umngane ohlala eSanxenxo watusa indawo, ayichaza njengendawo “enhle kakhulu yokuhamba ngomkhumbi” enesimo “esihle”. Ujabulela newayini lase-Albariño kanye nokudla kwasolwandle.
Ukuxhumana kwalo mAustralia neGalicia kwaqala eminyakeni emihlanu edlule, lapho efika nesikebhe sakhe wasibopha echwebeni. Ngo-2022, wazama ukubamba iqhaza kuGolden Globe Race , umjaho odumile wedwa, kodwa inkinga yempilo yamvimbela. Manje, esikhundleni sokuncintisana, unqume ukuthatha inselelo yakhe, ngaphandle komncintiswano. Uhlelo lwalo nyaka, oluqala eLes Sables-d'Olonne ngoSepthemba olunezikebhe ezingu-18, alusamthandi; ukhetha ukuqala e-A Illa.
Umkhumbi ovuselelwe olwandle olukhulu
I-Agitator iye yashintshwa kaningi ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukuphepha kwayo. I-bulkhead engangeni manzi yakhiwe entanyeni ukuze kuvinjelwe izikhukhula uma kwenzeka ingozi , izindawo zokungena zifakwe amabhande okuphepha, izitebhisi zifakwe esisekelweni sokufinyelela engxenyeni engaphansi kwamanzi, kanti izinto zikagesi zivikelwe ezindaweni ezingangeni manzi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, inezindiza ezimbili eziqondiswa umoya (i-Aries ne-Hydrovane) ezivumela ukuthi iqhubeke nokuhamba kwayo ngaphandle kokuthembela kugesi. Uhlelo lwe-Hydrovane luhlanganisa i-rudder ezimele, esebenza njengendlela yokuqondisa ephuthumayo.
Umkhumbi nawo uqinisiwe, futhi isikebhe sifakwe izinhlelo zokuzulazula ezingafuneki, okuhlanganisa ne-GPS, yize uWright egomela ngokuthi singahanjwa kusetshenziswa i-sextant kanye nelanga nezinkanyezi. Ukuphepha komuntu siqu kuyinto eza kuqala ; umhambi uzolala eboshwe ngebhande futhi uzoba nelokha elingangeni manzi ukuvikela amadivayisi akhe kagesi. I-larder izogcina izinto zokugcina zaseGalician, izimpahla ezisemathinini, kanye nokudla okomisiwe okuqandisiwe, kanti emanzini, izoba nomshini wokuhlanza amanzi kanye nebhakede lokuqoqa amanzi emvula.
Ukuya olwandle oluyingozi kakhulu
Ingxenye ebaluleke kakhulu yokujikeleza izoba lapho i-Agitator ingena e-Southern Ocean, phakathi kwama-degree angu-40 no-60 eningizimu ye-latitude. Kukhona i-Roaring Forties kanye ne-Furious Fifties, enemimoya eqhubekayo engama-knots angu-30 kuya kwangu-50 namagagasi angadlula amamitha angu-15. I-Cape Horn, kuma-degree angu-56 eningizimu, ingenye yezindawo ezesatshwa kakhulu ngenxa yeziphepho zayo, amazinga okushisa aphansi, kanye nokuhlukaniswa. Ngaseningizimu, ama-Howling Sixties adlulele kakhulu, enengozi yeqhwa.
Ngaphandle kwesimo sezulu, ingozi enkulu ukukhathala okuqongelelekayo. Ngemva kwamasonto okulala okuncane kakhulu, kulula ukwenza amaphutha ngesikhathi sokuhamba noma ukulungiswa. UWright kuzodingeka aphumule ngezikhathi ezimfushane kakhulu, ngezinye izikhathi imizuzu engamashumi amabili kuphela . Ukuze abhekane kangcono nokuba yedwa, ulayishe izincwadi nezincwadi ezilalelwayo emkhunjini. "Izwi lomuntu liyaduduza kakhulu uma ulapho wedwa," evuma. Uhlela nokuthumela imiyalezo emifushane noma nini lapho kungenzeka khona ukuze abuyekeze isimo sakhe.
Ukuqapha kwesikhathi sangempela kanye nokusekelwa kwezikhungo
Inqubekela phambili yohambo ingalandelwa kuwebhusayithi ethi agitator.gal, lapho idatha yokubeka kanye nemiyalezo ethunyelwe nguWright izobuyekezwa khona. Isikebhe sokuhamba ngesikebhe sifakwe uhlelo lokudlulisa oluqhubekayo. Kuhlelwe idokhumentari yokuphela kohambo lokukhangisa umcimbi, equkethe izithombe eziqoshwe ngamakhamera amabili e-GoPro kanye ne-drone engasetshenziswa kuphela emimoyeni emincane.
Lo msebenzi uxhaswe yi-A Illa de Arousa Town Council kanye ne-Dorna Traditional Sailing School, abahlose ukukhuthaza lesi siqhingi njengendawo yokuvakasha esezingeni eliphezulu. Uphawu ohlangothini ngalunye lwesikebhe luzobonisa igama lesiqhingi : “Kusuka ku-A Illa de Arousa” kanye “Nokuya ku-A Illa de Arousa.” Abahleli bacele imikhumbi ehamba nayo ukuthi igcine ibanga eliphephile ukuze ingaphazamisi ukuhamba komatilosi.
Ukuhamba kuzoba umcimbi womphakathi, futhi kulindeleke ukuthi kube nabantu abaningi bendawo nezivakashi. Ichweba lase-O Xufre lilungiselele umsebenzi okhethekile walo mcimbi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ingxoxo ibanjwe ngoLwesibili e-A Illa Canning Interpretation Center, lapho uWright echaze khona imininingwane yenselelo yakhe futhi waphendula imibuzo evela ezilalelini. Udokotela wase-Australia ugcizelele ukuthi ukuhamba ngesikebhe wedwa “yinselelo yakhe enkulu” nokuthi phakathi kuka-40% no-60% kuphela walabo abazama ukukwenza baphumelele.
Ngokuphathelene nokudla, ngaphezu kwezinto ezisemathinini nezomiswe ngeqhwa, uzophatha ibhakede ukuze ayolanda amanzi emvula uma kwenzeka isitshalo sokwelapha amanzi sihluleka. Okuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe kwezokwelapha eziphuthumayo kumnikeze umbono ohlukile ngezingozi: “Ukukhathala kuyisitha esikhohlisayo kakhulu, ngoba kukwenza wenze amaphutha obungeke uwenze ngaphansi kwezimo ezivamile.” Ukulungiselela ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo kube kukhulu , kodwa uWright uyaqiniseka ngamakhono e-Agitator.
Le phrojekthi ayifuni nje kuphela inselelo yomuntu siqu kodwa futhi ihlose ukukhuthaza i-A Illa de Arousa njengendawo yokudoba yasemanzini esezingeni eliphezulu. Lo mkhankaso uhambisana nobunikazi bemikhumbi yedolobha, futhi bobabili uMkhandlu Wedolobha kanye ne-Escola Dorna sailing academy baveze ukuziqhenya kwabo ngokuthi uWright wakhetha le ndawo njengendawo yakhe yokuqala neyokugcina. Ukulandelela ngesikhathi sangempela kuzovumela abalandeli emhlabeni wonke ukuba bazizwele lo hambo besekhaya , ngezibuyekezo eziqhubekayo mayelana nesikhundla kanye nezindaba.
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezizayo, uWright uzobhekana nezimo ezinzima kakhulu, ukuba yedwa, kanye nokungaqiniseki. Kodwa-ke, ukuzimisela kwakhe kanye nokulungiselela isikebhe kumvumela ukuthi abhekane nalolu hambo enethemba. Ukuhamba eyedwa ezungeza indawo kusengenye yezinto ezinkulu kakhulu umuntu angazifeza , futhi uMatthew Wright usezobhala isahluko esisha kule ndaba.
Ngalolu hambo, uMatthew Wright ubhekene nenye yezinselelo ezinkulu kakhulu ekuzulazuleni olwandle. Ngokusho kwezilinganiso zakhe, phakathi kuka-40% no-60% kuphela walabo abazama ukuluphumelela. Uma konke kuhamba ngokwecebo, i-Agitator izobuyela e-A Illa de Arousa cishe ezinyangeni eziyisishiyagalombili ngemva kokuhamba kwayo, futhi uWright usevele ememezele umvuzo wakhe wokuqala: izimbaza eziphekwe ngomusi. Lolu hambo, oluhlanganisa isiko, ukusungula izinto ezintsha, kanye nomoya womuntu, luzoqoshwa emlandweni wokuzulazula.
