Mhepo, Gungwa uye Denga

Iwe haugone kudzivirira gungwa muSan Francisco. Ndizvo zvinoita kuti ive nzvimbo inoshamisa kudaro. Gungwa riripo pamativi matatu eguta - kubva kuPacific Ocean kudivi rayo rekumadokero kuburikidza neGedhi reGoridhe uye kupinda munzvimbo ye230 square mamaira inova San Francisco Bay, iyo pachayo imwe yenzvimbo dzine vanhu vakawanda kwazvo pamhenderekedzo yekumadokero kwegungwa. Nyika dzakabatana. Pandakanga ndichishanya kutanga kwemwedzi uno, mamiriro ekunze akabatsira kupa maonero emvura anoyevedza uye mufaro wakanyanya mujinga memvura — Mukombe weAmerica.

Ndakanga ndiri muSan Francisco svondo rese, muchidimbu kuti ndipinde musangano weSOCAP13, unova musangano wepagore wakatsaurirwa kuwedzera kuyerera kwemari kune zvakanaka munharaunda. Musangano wegore rino waisanganisira nyaya dzekubata hove, ndicho chikonzero chandaivepo. Kubva kuSOCAP, takapinda mumusangano wakakosha weboka rinoshanda reConfluence Philanthropy pakubata hove, kwandakakurukura nezvechido chikuru chekutsvaga mhindu, inogoneka, inogara ivhu rekurima kwemvura kuzadzisa zvinodiwa neprotein yehuwandu hwedu hwepasi rose - nyaya iyo TOF ine. akapedza tsvakurudzo yakawanda uye kuongorora sechikamu chekutenda kwedu mukugadzira mhinduro dzakanaka kune kukuvadza kunokonzerwa nevanhu kugungwa. Uye, ndakaita rombo rakanaka rekuita mimwe mimwe misangano nevanhu vari kutevera nzira dzakafanana dzakanakira pachinzvimbo chegungwa rine hutano.

Uye, ndakakwanisa kubata naDavid Rockefeller, nhengo yekutanga yeBhodi redu reVanopa mazano, paaikurukura nezvebasa rekuvandudza kuchengetedzwa kwemasairi makuru regattas nesangano rake, Vafambisi vezvikepe veGungwa. Mukombe weAmerica unoumbwa nezviitiko zvitatu: The America's Cup World Series, Youth America's Cup, uye, chokwadi, America's Cup Finals. Mukombe weAmerica wakawedzera simba idzva kumberi kwemvura yeSan Francisco yakatove nehupenyu-ine yakaparadzana America's Cup Village, nzvimbo dzekuona dzakakosha, uyezve, chiratidziro chiri paBay pachayo. Svondo radarika zvikwata gumi zvevechidiki zvepasi rose zvakakwikwidza mumakwikwi eYouth America’s Cup — zvikwata zvekuNew Zealand nePortugal zvakatora zvinhanho zvitatu zvepamusoro.

Musi weMugovera, ndakakumbanira zviuru zvevamwe vashanyi mukuona chishamiso chezvikopokopo, zvikepe zvine mota, mayati eumbozha, uye, hongu, zvikepe pazuva rekutanga remujaho muAmerica's Cup Finals, tsika yekufamba nengarava inodzokera shure makore anopfuura zana nemakumi mashanu. . Rakanga riri zuva rakanaka rekuona mijaho miviri yekutanga pakati peTimu Oracle, mutambi weAmerica weMukombe, uye akahwina mukwikwidzi, Chikwata cheEmirates chichibhururuka mureza weNew Zealand.

Dhizaini yevakwikwidzi vegore rino ingave isiri kune yekutanga zvikwata zveAmerica Cup, kana kunyange zvikwata zvakakwikwidza muSan Diego makore makumi maviri apfuura. Iyo 72-foot catamaran AC72 inokwanisa kubhururuka pamwe nekaviri kumhanya kwemhepo-inofambiswa neseiri rebapiro remamita 131-kureba-uye yakagadzirirwa chaizvo iyi America's Cup. Iyo AC72 inokwanisa kufamba nechikepe pamakumi matatu nemashanu (mamaira makumi mana paawa) kana kumhanya kwemhepo kuchirova mafundo gumi nemasere—kana kuti kumhanya zvakapetwa kana kupfuura zvikepe zvevakwikwidzi muna 35.

Mabhoti anoshamisa ari kumhanyiswa mumafainari e2013 mhedzisiro yemuchato une simba repamusoro remasimba echisikigo uye tekinoroji yevanhu. Ndichivaona vachishevedzera mhiri kweSan Francisco Bay pamakosi aitora vamhanyi kubva kuGoridhe Gedhi kuenda kure kure kweBay nekumhanya kwaizoitwa nevafambi vazhinji, ndaingobatana nevamwe vangu vaiona vachiyemura simba nekugadzira. Kunyangwe zvichigona kuita kuti America's Cup vetsika dzechinyakare vazununguse misoro yavo nemutengo uye tekinoroji yakaiswa mukutora pfungwa yekufamba nechikepe kune zvitsva zvakanyanyisa, pane zvakare kuziva kuti panogona kuve nekugadziriswa kunogona kushandiswa kune zvimwe zvinoshanda zuva nezuva zvinangwa. izvo zvaizobatsirika nekushandisa mhepo nokuda kwesimba rakadaro.