“Ndiva iintlungu kuwo wonke amalungu omzimba wam.Umnwe wam ngamnye unamaqunube anegazi, kwaye imilenze yam kunye nezihlunu zam zigruzukile.Andazi ukuba ndikhe ndafumana ukwenzakala ngolo hlobo, kodwa ewe!!!!umdlalo.
Xa u-Alan Roura ebaleka kunye noLa Fabrique kwiVendee Globe ngo-2016, kwafuneka atshintshe i-rudder kule nqanawa kwindawo efanayo.Ndathetha noAlan ngeli bali kwaye landothusa.Wayekwazi ngokwenene ukutshintsha iphini lokujika kuLwandlekazi oluMazantsi.Andikwazi ukucinga ukuba kunzima kangakanani.Ngokusekwe kwibali lakhe, ndakhe iphini lokubamba ugqatso kunye noJoff.Kwiiveki ezimbini ngaphambi kokuhamba, ndaziqhelanisa nenkqubo yokutshintsha irudder e-Sables D'Olonnes.Nangona kunjalo, ngalo lonke ixesha ndicinga ngo-Allen etshintsha i-rudder kuLwandlekazi oluMazantsi, ndiyazibuza ukuba ndingayenza na.
Bendiziva ndinoloyiko nexhala izolo.Ezi meko zikude nelungileyo, ukudumba kabukhali, kwaye kukho amabalana amancinci phakathi kweengqikelelo zemozulu.Ndayixoxa yonke inkqubo kunye noJoff noPaul.Eyona nto yayiyixhalabele yayikukucothisa isikhephe ukuze umkhuseli angene, emva koko isikhephe sibekwe phezu kwephini lokujika size sibangele umonakalo kuzo zombini .Ekugqibeleni, kwaphuma impepho ye-16-18 knots emqolo, eveza umngxuma.
Ndicinga ukuba yonke le nkqubo ithathe malunga neyure enesiqingatha, kwaye yathatha ixesha elininzi ukulungiselela nokulungelelanisa.Intliziyo yam isoloko isemlonyeni wam.Ndabaleka ndijikeleza i-cockpit, ii-winches, iintambo zokutsala, kwaye ndityibilika ngasemva ukuze ndibambe, nditsale, ndibambe, iintambo zokujika kunye namatyathanga eankile.Nje ukuba ndizibophelele ekwenzeni oku, akusayi kubakho miqobo.Kwabakho amaxesha anzima xa kwakufuneka ndicenge izihlandlo ezimbalwa enqanaweni naselwandle, kodwa xa iphini elitsha lathi laphakama ekugqibeleni, kwaba lula ukuva ingxolo enkulu kum.Around… ukuba kukho nabani na ebekhona.
Ndibuyele emdlalweni ngoku, kuvuthuza impepho, kwaye iMedallia ibetha nge-15 knots, andikholelwa ukuba ndiyenzile.
Bendisoloko ndisithi into enye eyanditsalayo ukuba ndihambe ndedwa njengomdlalo ngesikhephe kukuba indenze olona guqulelo lubalaseleyo kum.Xa uwedwa elwandle, akukho lula ukwenza ukhetho.Kufuneka ujongane ngqo nengxaki nganye kwaye ufumane isisombululo ngaphakathi.Olu khuphiswano lucela umngeni kwintsingiselo yoluntu kuwo onke amanqanaba, kwaye siyanyanzeleka ukuba senze kwaye senze izinto ezingaqhelekanga kwinqanaba ngalinye.Oku unokukubona kwiqela lonke, kuba ukapteni ngamnye ujongene neengxaki zakhe emva kweentsuku ezingama-60 zomdyarho, kwaye sonke sisebenza nzima ukugcina ugqatso lusebumeni.Ndiwongekile ukuba ngomnye wale nombolo.Ndiwongwe ngokuba ngumatiloshe omnye kukhuphiswano lweVendee Globe.
Ixesha lokuposa: Jan-14-2021