“Ngizwa ubuhlungu kuzo zonke izingxenye zomzimba wami.Umunwe wami ngamunye unamaqupha anegazi, futhi imilenze yami nemisipha ilimele.Angazi ukuthi ngike ngalimala ngaleyo ndlela, kodwa yebo!!!!umdlalo.
Ngenkathi u-Alan Roura egijima noLa Fabrique ku-Vendee Globe ngo-2016, kwadingeka ukuthi ashintshe iphini lomkhumbi kulo mkhumbi endaweni efanayo.Ngakhuluma no-Alan ngalendaba futhi yangimangaza.Angakwazi ukushintsha iphini lokuqondisa eSouthern Ocean.Angikwazi ukucabanga ukuthi kunzima kangakanani.Ngokusekelwe endabeni yakhe, ngakhe iphini lokuqondisa umjaho noJoff.Emasontweni amabili ngaphambi kokuhamba, ngizilolonge inqubo yokushintsha iphinikhodi e-Sables D'Olonnes.Kodwa-ke, noma nini lapho ngicabanga ngo-Allen eshintsha iphini lokuqondisa ku-Southern Ocean, ngiyazibuza ukuthi ngingakwazi yini ukukwenza.
Ngizizwe ngisaba futhi ngikhathazekile izolo.Lezi zimo zikude kakhulu nokuhle, zivuvuka kakhulu, futhi kukhona ama-patches amancane phakathi kwezibikezelo zesibikezelo.Ngaxoxa ngayo yonke inqubo noJoff noPaul.Okwakukhathaza kakhulu kwakuwukunciphisa isivinini somkhumbi ukuze iphini lingene, bese bebeka isikebhe phezu kwephini lokuqondisa futhi kubangele umonakalo kukho kokubili .Ekugcineni, kwaphuma umoya wamafindo angu-16-18 emhlane wami, wembula imbobo.
Ngicabanga ukuthi yonke inqubo ithathe cishe ihora nesigamu, futhi yathatha isikhathi esiningi ukulungiselela nokuhlela.Inhliziyo yami ihlezi isemlonyeni wami.Ngagijima ngazungeza i-cockpit, amawintshi, izintambo, futhi ngagwedla ngemuva ukuze ngibambe, ngidonse, ngibambe izibambo, izintambo zamaphini namaketanga okusetshenzwa kulengwa.Uma sengizibophezele ekwenzeni lokhu, ngeke kube khona izithiyo.Kwakunezikhathi ezinzima lapho kwakudingeka ngincenge izikhathi ezimbalwa esikebheni nasolwandle, kodwa lapho iphini elisha liphakama ekugcineni, kwaba lula ukuzwa umsindo omkhulu ovela kimi.Around… uma kukhona oke waba khona.
Ngibuyile emdlalweni manje, kuheleza umoya, iMedallia ishaya amafindo angu-15, angikholwa ukuthi ngikwenzile.
Bengihlale ngisho ukuthi into eyangiheha ukuthi ngihambe ngedwa njengomdlalo ukuthi kungenze ngaba inguqulo engcono kunami.Lapho uwedwa olwandle, akukho ukukhetha okulula.Kufanele ubhekane nenkinga ngayinye bese uthola isisombululo ngaphakathi.Lo mqhudelwano uphonsela inselelo incazelo yesintu kuwo wonke amazinga, futhi siyaphoqeleka ukuthi senze futhi senze izinto ezingajwayelekile kuwo wonke amazinga.Lokhu uyakubona eqenjini lonke, ngoba ukaputeni ngamunye ubhekana nezinkinga zakhe ngemuva kwezinsuku ezingama-60 egijima, futhi sonke sisebenza kanzima ukugcina umjaho usesimweni.Ngizizwa ngihloniphekile ukuba ngomunye wale nombolo.Ngihlonishwe ngokuba yitilosi elilodwa emqhudelwaneni weVendee Globe.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jan-14-2021