Iska, Teku da Sama

Ba za ku iya guje wa teku a San Francisco ba. Abin da ya sa ya zama wuri mai ban mamaki. Teku yana can a bangarori uku na birnin-daga Tekun Pasifik a gefen yamma ta hanyar Golden Gate da kuma zuwa cikin murabba'in murabba'in mil 230 wanda shine San Francisco Bay, ita kanta daya daga cikin matsugunan ruwa masu yawan gaske a yammacin gabar tekun. Amurka. Lokacin da na kai ziyara a farkon wannan watan, yanayin ya taimaka wajen ba da ra'ayoyi na ruwa masu ban sha'awa da kuma wani farin ciki na musamman a bakin ruwa-Kofin Amurka.

Na kasance a San Francisco duk mako, a wani bangare don halartar taron SOCAP13, wanda taro ne na shekara-shekara wanda aka keɓe don haɓaka kwararar jari don kyautata zamantakewa. Taron na bana ya hada da mai da hankali kan kamun kifi, wanda shine dalilin dayasa na kasance a wurin. Daga SOCAP, mun shiga wani taro na musamman na ƙungiyar masu aikin ba da agaji ta Confluence Philanthropy akan kamun kifi, inda na tattauna game da buƙatu mai ƙarfi don neman riba mai dorewa, noman kiwo na ƙasa don biyan buƙatun furotin na yawan yawan al'ummarmu na duniya - batun da TOF ke da shi. kammala bincike da bincike da yawa a zaman wani bangare na imaninmu na samar da ingantattun hanyoyin magance cutarwar da dan Adam ke haifarwa ga teku. Kuma, na yi sa'a don samun ƙarin tarurruka tare da mutanen da ke bin dabaru iri ɗaya a madadin ingantaccen teku.

Kuma, na sami damar cim ma David Rockefeller, memba na Hukumar Ba da Shawarar Mu, yayin da yake tattaunawa kan aikin inganta dorewar manyan jiragen ruwa tare da ƙungiyarsa. Ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa don Teku. Gasar cin kofin Amurka ta kunshi abubuwa uku ne: Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya na Amurka, Kofin Matasan Amurka, da kuma, na Gasar Cin Kofin Amurka. Gasar cin kofin Amurka ta kara sabon kuzari zuwa gabar ruwan San Francisco da ta riga ta kasance - tare da Kauyen Kofin Amurka daban, wuraren kallo na musamman, kuma ba shakka, abin kallo akan Bay kanta. A makon da ya gabata, kungiyoyi matasa goma daga sassa daban-daban na duniya sun fafata a gasar cin kofin matasa na Amurka—kungiyoyin New Zealand da Portugal ne suka samu matsayi na uku.

A ranar Asabar, na haɗu da dubban baƙi don kallon kallon jirage masu saukar ungulu, kwale-kwalen motoci, jiragen ruwa na alfarma, da, eh, kwale-kwale na jirgin ruwa a ranar farko ta gasar tsere a Gasar Cin Kofin Amirka, al'adar tuƙi da ta koma fiye da shekaru 150. . Ita ce ranar da ta dace don kallon fafatawa biyu na farko tsakanin Team Oracle, mai tsaron gida na gasar cin kofin Amurka, da mai kalubalantar nasara, Team Emirates yana tashi da tutar New Zealand.

Zane-zane na masu fafatawa a bana zai kasance baƙo ga waɗanda suka kafa gasar cin kofin Amurka, ko ma ƙungiyoyin da suka fafata a San Diego shekaru ashirin da suka wuce. Catamaran AC72 mai ƙafa 72 yana iya tashi tare da saurin iskar ninki biyu-wanda ke da ƙarfi ta jirgin ruwa mai tsayi ƙafa 131-kuma an tsara shi musamman don wannan gasar cin kofin Amurka. AC72 tana da ikon yin tafiya a 35 knots (mil 40 a kowace awa) lokacin da iskar gudun ya kai 18 knots-ko kusan sau 4 cikin sauri fiye da jiragen ruwa na 2007.

Kwale-kwale na ban mamaki da ake fafatawa a gasar karshe ta 2013 sakamakon wani gagarumin aure ne na sojojin halitta da fasahar dan Adam. Kallonsu suna kururuwa a fadin San Francisco Bay akan kwasa-kwasan da suka ɗauki ƴan tseren daga Ƙofar Golden Gate zuwa can nesa na Bay a cikin gudun da yawancin matafiya za su yi hassada, kawai zan iya shiga ƴan kallo na don yin mamakin ƙarancin ƙarfi da ƙira. Duk da yake yana iya sa 'yan wasan gargajiya na gasar cin kofin Amurka girgiza kawunansu kan tsada da fasahar da aka kashe wajen daukar ra'ayin tukin jirgin ruwa zuwa wani sabon matsayi, akwai kuma sanin cewa za a iya samun sabani da za a iya amfani da su don ayyukan yau da kullun. wanda zai amfana daga amfani da iska don irin wannan iko.