Awukwazi ukuphepha ulwandle eSan Francisco. Yinto eyenza ukuba ibe yindawo emangalisayo. Ulwandle luphaya kumacala amathathu esixeko-ukusuka kuLwandlekazi lwePasifiki kwicala elingasentshona ukuya kwiSango leGolide ukuya kwichweba leekhilomitha ezingama-230 eliyiSan Francisco Bay, yona ngokwayo yenye yezona ndawo zinabantu abaninzi kunxweme olusentshona. Amazwe Amanyene. Xa ndandityelele ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, imozulu iye yanceda ukunika iimbono ezintle zamanzi kunye nemincili ethile ecaleni kwe-waterfront-iNdebe yaseMelika.

Bendise-San Francisco iveki yonke, ngokuyinxenye ukuya kwintlanganiso ye-SOCAP13, eyindibano yaminyaka le ezinikele ekwandiseni ukuqukuqela kwemali kwintlalontle. Intlanganiso yalo nyaka ibiquka ugxininiso kwezokuloba, sesinye sezizathu zokuba ndibelapho. Ukusuka kwi-SOCAP, siye sangena kwindibano ekhethekileyo yeqela elisebenzayo le-Confluence Philanthropy kushishino lokuloba, apho ndaxoxa ngesidingo esinzulu sokulandela i-aquaculture esekelwe emhlabeni enenzuzo, ezinzileyo ukuze kuhlangatyezwane neemfuno zeprotheyini zoluntu lwethu olukhulayo lwehlabathi-umba i-TOF enawo. lugqibe uphando oluninzi kunye nohlalutyo njengenxalenye yenkolelo yethu ekuphuhliseni izisombululo ezilungileyo kumonakalo owenziwe ngabantu elwandle. Kwaye, ndibe nethamsanqa ngokwaneleyo lokuba neentlanganiso ezongezelelweyo kunye nabantu abalandela izicwangciso ezintle ezifanayo egameni lolwandle olunempilo.

Kwaye, ndakwazi ukubamba uDavid Rockefeller, ilungu elisungula iBhodi yabaCebisi, njengoko wayexoxa ngomsebenzi wokuphucula ukuzinza kwee-regattas ezinkulu zokuhamba ngeenqanawa kunye nentlangano yakhe, Oomatiloshe besiya eLwandle. Indebe yaseMelika yenziwe yiminyhadala emithathu: Uthotho lweNdebe yeHlabathi yaseMelika, iNdebe yeHlabathi yoLutsha yaseMelika, kwaye, ngokuqinisekileyo, uMjikelo wokuGqibela weNdebe yaseMelika. Indebe yaseMelika yongeze amandla amatsha kwindawo esele idlamkile yaseSan Francisco-kunye nelali yayo eyahlukileyo yeNdebe yeHlabathi yaseMelika, iindawo zokubukela ezikhethekileyo, kwaye ke, imbonakalo yeBay ngokwayo. Kwiveki ephelileyo, amaqela aselula alishumi aphuma kwihlabathi jikelele ebekhuphisana kwiNdebe yoLutsha yaseMelika—amaqela aseNew Zealand nasePortugal athabathe iindawo ezintathu eziphambili.

NgoMgqibelo, ndathelela amawaka ezinye iindwendwe ekubukeleni umbono weenqwelo-ntaka, izikhitshane ezineemoto, izikhitshane zodidi oluphezulu, kwaye, ewe, izikhephe eziqhutywa ngenqanawa kusuku lokuqala lomdyarho kuMnyhadala weNdebe yaseMelika, isiko lokuhamba ngesikhephe elibuyela emva kwiminyaka engaphezu kwe-150. . Yayilusuku olugqibeleleyo lokubukela imidyarho emibini yokuqala phakathi kweQela le-Oracle, umkhuseli wase-US weNdebe, kunye nokuphumelela umceli mngeni, iQela le-Emirates liphaphazela iflegi yaseNew Zealand.

Uyilo lwabakhuphiswano balo nyaka luya kuba yinto engaqhelekanga kumaqela aseka iNdebe yaseMelika, okanye amaqela akhuphisanayo eSan Diego kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini eyadlulayo. I-72-foot catamaran AC72 iyakwazi ukubhabha ngesantya esiphindwe kabini somoya-iqhutywa yiseyile yephiko le-131 ubude-kwaye yayilungiselelwe ngokukodwa le ndebe yaseMelika. I-AC72 iyakwazi ukuhamba ngamaqhina angama-35 (iikhilomitha ezingama-40 ngeyure) xa isantya somoya sibetha amaqhina ali-18-okanye malunga namaxesha ama-4 ngokukhawuleza kunezikhitshane ezikhuphisanayo zika-2007.

Izikhephe ezingaqhelekanga zibalekiswa kumagqibela kankqoyi we-2013 zisiphumo somtshato onamandla aphezulu wamandla endalo kunye nobuchwepheshe bomntu. Ndibabukele bekhwaza benqumla iSan Francisco Bay kwiikhosi ezithathe ababaleki bemidyarho ukusuka kwiSango leGolide ukuya kwicala elikude leBay ngesantya abakhweli abaninzi abanokuthi babenomona ngaso, bendinokuzibandakanya nababukeli endisebenza nabo ekumangalisweni ngamandla akrwada kunye noyilo lokungena. Ngelixa inokwenza abathandi bezithethe zeNdebe yaseMelika banikine iintloko zabo ngeendleko kunye netekhnoloji etyaliwe ekuthatheni umbono wokuhamba ngesikhephe ukuya kugqithiso olutsha, kukwakho nokuqonda ukuba kunokubakho uhlengahlengiso olungasetyenziselwa iinjongo zemihla ngemihla. oko bekuya kuba yingenelo ekusebenziseni umoya ngamandla anjalo.