Ngifunda izindaba zakamuva ze-cruise ngithole ukuthi I-MSC Cruises, kanye namagceke emikhumbi iFincantieri, babambe umcimbi wemali e-MSC Seaside, umkhumbi omkhulu engivele ngikutshele ngawo Lesi sihloko. Okungidonsele amehlo yilokho abakubiza ngokuthi "umkhosi wendabuko wendabuko", uma ngikhuluma iqiniso bengingazi ukuthi ubukhona, futhi ngemuva kokuthola ukuthi kuyini, ngakuthola kunelukuluku futhi ngifuna ukuxoxa ngalolu daba.
Umcimbi wohlamvu lwemali kuyisiko, abanye bakhuluma ngokuhlehlela emuva amatilosi amaViking, kepha akwaziwa kakhulu. Umqondo ngukuthi umninimkhumbi kanye nendawo okwakhiwa kuyo imikhumbi babeka uhlamvu lwemali esicongweni somkhumbi ngaleyo ndlela babungaze ukwakhiwa komkhumbi omusha, kulokhu kube yiMSC Seaside.
Noma ngabe kuvela kumaViking noma cha, iqiniso ukuthi babejwayele ukushisela izinhlamvu zemali ezimbili zegolide ocingweni lomkhumbi, okuyingxenye ebaluleke kakhulu yomkhumbi, ngendlela efanayo ababeka ngayo izinhlamvu zesiliva ezisekelweni ze izindlu eziletha inhlanhla kulabo ababezohlala lapho.
Namuhla lo mkhosi usagubha, Kuyaziwa vele ukuthi abasolwandle bavame ukukholelwa ezeni, futhi-ke, noma yiluphi usizo lubhekwa njengesibusiso ezilwandle eziphakeme. Umcimbi wohlamvu lwemali yinto ethintwa yimikhumbi yempahla yezentengiselwano kanye nemikhumbi yabagibeli, kanye neyamasosha, ngisho nasemikhunjini engaphansi kolwandle leli siko liyalandelwa.
Kucashunwe njengesibonelo senhlanhla, kanye nokuqinisekiswa kokuthi kungani kufanele ubeke uhlaka lwemali esakhiweni somkhumbi, okwenzeke kumkhumbi iVasaUngakuthola futhi kubhalwe njenge-Wasa, Wasan noma i-Wasen, lona ngumkhumbi iNkosi uGustav II Adolf waseSweden owawakhe phakathi kuka-1626 no-1628, futhi owaphukelwa ngumkhumbi ohambweni lwawo lokuqala, ngo-Agasti 10, 1628. Ngo-1961 umkhumbi waphinde wasuswa (manje usukhonjiswa emnyuziyamu eStockholm) futhi azikho izinhlamvu zemali ezitholakale ezindongeni zawo… kungenzeka ukuthi umkhumbi waphahlazeka ngenxa yebhadi, kodwa namuhla ungomunye wezindawo ezikhanga kakhulu eSweden. Futhi yebo ngicabanga into efanayo futhi Ngabe iTitanic ibinomcimbi wohlamvu lwemali? Ngizamile ukuthola, kepha angitholanga datha, ngakho-ke zonke izinkomba zamukelekile.