Umoya, Ulwandle kanye Nesibhakabhaka

Awukwazi ukugwema ulwandle eSan Francisco. Yilokho okwenza kube indawo emangalisayo. Ulwandle lukhona ezinhlangothini ezintathu zedolobha—kusuka oLwandlekazini iPacific ohlangothini lwalo olusentshonalanga udlule eSangweni Legolide futhi ungene endaweni yomfula engamamayela angu-230 okuyiSan Francisco Bay, yona ngokwayo engenye yezindawo ezinabantu abaningi kakhulu ogwini olusentshonalanga. I-united states. Ngenkathi ngivakashile ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, isimo sezulu siye sasiza ekunikezeni ukubukwa okuhle kwamanzi kanye nesasasa elithile eduze nolwandle—i-America's Cup.

Bengilokhu ngise-San Francisco isonto lonke, ngokwengxenye ukuze ngihambele umhlangano we-SOCAP13, okuwumhlangano waminyaka yonke ozinikele ekwandiseni ukugeleza kwemali ekusizeni umphakathi. Umhlangano walo nyaka ubuhlanganisa ukugxila kwezokudoba, okungesinye sezizathu engibe khona lapho. Kusuka ku-SOCAP, sangena emhlanganweni okhethekile weqembu elisebenzayo le-Confluence Philanthropy kwezokudoba, lapho ngaxoxa khona ngesidingo esijulile sokuphishekela ukufuywa kwezilwane zasolwandle okunenzuzo, esimeme ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nezidingo zamaphrotheni zenani labantu emhlabeni wonke elikhulayo—udaba i-TOF enalo ngalo. uphothule ucwaningo oluningi nokuhlaziya njengengxenye yenkolelo yethu ekuthuthukiseni izixazululo ezinhle zokulimala okubangelwa abantu olwandle. Futhi, ngibe nenhlanhla yokuba neminye imihlangano eyengeziwe nabantu abaphishekela amasu amahle afanayo egameni lolwandle olunempilo.

Futhi, ngakwazi ukuhlangana noDavid Rockefeller, ilungu elisungula leBhodi lethu Labacebisi, njengoba exoxa ngomsebenzi wokuthuthukisa ukusimama kwama-regattas amakhulu okuhamba ngomkhumbi nenhlangano yakhe, Amatilosi Olwandle. I-America's Cup yenziwe ngemicimbi emithathu: Uchungechunge Lomhlaba LweNdebe Yomhlaba YaseMelika, I-Youth America's Cup, kanye, ne-America's Cup Finals. I-America's Cup yengeze amandla amasha endaweni engasentshonalanga yase-San Francisco—ene-America's Cup Village ehlukene, izindawo zokubuka ezikhethekile, kanye nombukwane we-Bay uqobo. Ngeviki edluleyo, amaqembu asematsha alitshumi aphuma emhlabeni wonke aqhudelana kumncintiswano weYouth America’s Cup—amaqembu avela kwele New Zealand kanye lele Portugal athatha indawo ezintathu eziphezulu.

NgoMgqibelo, ngahlanganyela nezinkulungwane zezinye izivakashi ekubukeni umbukwane wezindiza ezinophephela emhlane, izikebhe ezinenjini, izikebhe zikanokusho, futhi, oh yebo, nezikebhe ngosuku lokuqala lokugijima ku-America's Cup Finals, isiko lokuhamba ngomkhumbi ehlehlela emuva eminyakeni engaphezu kweyi-150. . Bekuwusuku oluhle kakhulu lokubuka imijaho emibili yokuqala phakathi kwe-Team Oracle, umvikeli wase-US wendebe, kanye nomdlali owine, i-Team Emirates iphephezelisa ifulegi laseNew Zealand.

Idizayini yabaqhudelana nalo nyaka izobe ingajwayelekile emaqenjini asungula i-America's Cup, noma ngisho namaqembu aqhudelana eSan Diego eminyakeni engamashumi amabili edlule. I-catamaran AC72 engamamitha angu-72 iyakwazi ukundiza ngesivinini esiphindwe kabili—inikwe amandla iseyili ephiko elingamafidi angu-131—futhi yakhelwe ngokukhethekile le ndebe yaseMelika. I-AC72 iyakwazi ukuhamba ngamafindo angu-35 (amamayela angu-40 ngehora) lapho isivinini somoya sishaya amafindo angu-18—noma cishe izikhathi ezi-4 ngokushesha kunezikebhe zezimbangi zango-2007.

Izikebhe ezingajwayelekile ezigijinywa kowamanqamu ka-2013 ziwumphumela womshado onamandla amakhulu wemvelo nobuchwepheshe babantu. Ngibabukele bememeza benqamula i-San Francisco Bay ezifundweni ezithathe abagijimi bezimoto besuka eSangweni Legolide baya ohlangothini olukude lwe-Bay ngesivinini abagibeli abaningi abangaba nomona, ngikwazile ukujoyina izibukeli engikanye nazo ekumangaliseni amandla aluhlaza kanye nomklamo wokungenela. Nakuba kungase kwenze abathandi bomdabu beNdebe yaseMelika banikine amakhanda ngezindleko kanye nobuchwepheshe obutshalwe ekuthatheni umqondo wokudlulela ezingeni elisha, kukhona nokuqwashisa ngokuthi kungase kube nezimo ezingase zisetshenziselwe izinjongo ezingokoqobo zansuku zonke. lokho kungazuza ekusebenziseni umoya ngamandla anjalo.