Mphepo, Nyanja ndi Kumwamba

Simungathe kupewa nyanja ku San Francisco. Ndi zomwe zimawapangitsa kukhala malo odabwitsa kwambiri. Nyanja ili pamenepo kumbali zitatu za mzindawo - kuchokera ku Pacific Ocean kumadzulo kwake kudzera pachipata cha Golden Gate ndikulowera kumtsinje wa 230 square miles womwe ndi San Francisco Bay, womwe ndi umodzi mwa madera okhala ndi anthu ambiri pagombe lakumadzulo kwa gombe. United States. Pamene ndinali kuchezera koyambirira kwa mwezi uno, nyengo yandithandiza kupereka mawonedwe ochititsa chidwi a madzi ndi chisangalalo chapadera m'mphepete mwa nyanja - America's Cup.

Ndidakhala ku San Francisco sabata yonse, mwa zina kuti ndikakhale nawo ku msonkhano wa SOCAP13, womwe ndi msonkhano wapachaka wodzipereka kukulitsa kuchuluka kwa ndalama zothandizira anthu. Msonkhano wa chaka chino unakhudza kwambiri za usodzi, chomwe ndi chifukwa chimodzi chimene ndinakhalira kumeneko. Kuchokera ku SOCAP, tinakhala pa msonkhano wapadera wa gulu la ntchito zausodzi la Confluence Philanthropy, komwe ndidakambirana za kufunika kokhala ndi phindu komanso lokhazikika laulimi wapamadzi wapamtunda kuti ukwaniritse zosowa zama protein zomwe zikukula padziko lonse lapansi - nkhani yomwe TOF yakhala nayo. anamaliza kufufuza ndi kusanthula zambiri monga gawo la chikhulupiriro chathu popanga njira zothetsera mavuto omwe anthu amawononga nyanja. Ndipo, ndinali ndi mwayi wokhala ndi misonkhano yowonjezera ndi anthu omwe akutsata njira zabwino zomwezo m'malo mwa nyanja yathanzi.

Ndipo, ndinatha kukumana ndi a David Rockefeller, membala woyambitsa wa Board of Advisors, pamene ankakambirana za ntchito yopititsa patsogolo kukhazikika kwa ma regatta akuluakulu oyendetsa ngalawa ndi gulu lake, Oyendetsa Panyanja. Mpikisano wa America's Cup umapangidwa ndi zochitika zitatu: The America's Cup World Series, Youth America's Cup, ndipo, ndithudi, America Cup Finals. Mpikisano wa America's Cup wawonjezera mphamvu zatsopano pamalo owoneka bwino a San Francisco - okhala ndi mudzi wake wosiyana wa America's Cup Village, malo owonera apadera, komanso zowonera pa Bay pomwe. Sabata yatha, matimu khumi achichepere ochokera padziko lonse lapansi adachita nawo mpikisano wa Youth America's Cup - magulu ochokera ku New Zealand ndi Portugal adatenga malo atatu apamwamba.

Loweruka, ndinagwirizana ndi zikwi za alendo ena m’kuwonerera chionetsero cha ndege za helikoputala, mabwato amoto, mabwato apamwamba kwambiri, ndipo, inde, mabwato oyenda pamadzi pa tsiku loyamba la mpikisano wa mpikisano wa America’s Cup Finals, mwambo woyenda panyanja zaka zoposa 150. . Linali tsiku loyenera kuwonera mipikisano iwiri yoyambilira pakati pa Team Oracle, woteteza Cup waku US, komanso wopambana, Team Emirates ikuwulutsa mbendera ya New Zealand.

Mapangidwe a omwe akupikisana nawo chaka chino sangakhale achilendo kwa magulu omwe adayambitsa Cup Cup yaku America, kapenanso magulu omwe adachita nawo mpikisano ku San Diego zaka makumi awiri zapitazo. AC72 ya 72-foot catamaran imatha kuuluka mowirikiza kawiri mapiko amphepo—yoyendetsedwa ndi mapiko aatali a mapazi 131—ndipo inapangidwira makamaka ku America’s Cup. AC72 imatha kuyenda pa mafindo 35 (makilomita 40 pa ola) pamene liwiro la mphepo ligunda mfundo 18—kapena kuwirikiza kanayi kuposa mabwato a mpikisano wa 4.

Mabwato odabwitsa omwe akuthamangitsidwa kumapeto kwa 2013 ndi zotsatira zaukwati wamphamvu wa mphamvu zachilengedwe ndi luso laumunthu. Nditawawona akukuwa ku San Francisco Bay pamaphunziro omwe adatengera othamanga kuchokera ku Chipata cha Golden kupita ku mbali yakutali ya Bay pa liwiro lomwe okwera ambiri angasikire, ndidangogwirizana ndi owonera anzanga kudabwa ndi mphamvu yaiwisi ndi kamangidwe kake. Ngakhale zitha kupangitsa akatswiri achikhalidwe cha America's Cup kugwedeza mitu yawo pamtengo ndi ukadaulo womwe wayikidwa kuti atenge lingaliro lakuyenda monyanyira zatsopano, palinso kuzindikira kuti pangakhale zosinthika zomwe zingagwiritsidwe ntchito pazolinga zatsiku ndi tsiku. zimenezo zikanapindula pogwiritsira ntchito mphepo kaamba ka mphamvu zoterozo.