CHATEAUBELAIR, St. Vincent and the Grenadines — Ngenkathi amadoda amabili ephethe izisikela kanye neyesithathu eshaya ngesibhamu eqhuma esikebheni sabo ngo-1:30 ekuseni, u-Allison Botros nabanye abantu abayisikhombisa ababegibele ngokuzumayo baqaphela ukuthi “amaPirates of the Caribbean” hhayi nje imuvi.
"Sinike imali yakho noma sizokubulala," u-Botros, umama wezingane ezintathu ovela eCleveland ehamba ngomkhumbi nabangane baseSweden nabaseMelika, ukhumbula ukuthi abaphangi babatshela ngesikhathi kuphangwa imizuzu engu-15 ye-70-foot Sway, eyayigxile kulokhu. itheku elihlanzekile elisithwe intabamlilo yaseSoufrière futhi elizungezwe izintende ezinyakazayo.
Ngemuva kokunyakazisa abagibeli ngemali eyizinkulungwane zamaRandi, amawashi, amakhamera nomakhalekhukhwini, izigebengu ziyalele ukaputeni uHarald Krecker ukuba alingise olwandle noma ashaywe ngamabhomu aqhunyiswa ngamarokhethi.
Ezinyangeni ezinhlanu ngemuva kwesigameko sangomhla zingama-22 kuZibandlela, izisulu zokugetshengwa azikawutholi umbiko wamaphoyisa, abaphangi basolwandle basagcwele amathafa kanti nezikebhe ezibukeka kahle ezinyakaza emanzini ase-Windward Islands ziye kwenye indawo, okwenza idolobha eliyizipoki laseChateaubelair.
Ukuhlaselwa okwengeziwe, udlame olwengeziwe
Ukuhlaselwa kwabahamba ngezikebhe ngaphesheya kweCaribbean konakalise ukuphila okunethezekile okuhamba ngomkhumbi okuvama ukukhuphuka njengoba inani lemikhumbi ehamba eziqhingini eziluhlaza likhula unyaka nonyaka, kanye nokuheha kwezinto ezibalulekile zamatilosi kumasela nabashushumbisi bezidakamizwa esifundeni.
Okungenani okunye ukuhlasela okuthathu kwabikwa eChateaubelair esikhathini esingamasonto amabili ngoDisemba, konke okubandakanya amadoda amathathu, imimese emide emibili kanye nesibhamu.
“Okusha kule minyaka emibili kuya kwemithathu edlule ukwanda kokusetshenziswa kwezikhali,” kusho uMelodye Pompa, umqondisi we-Caribbean Safety and Security Net Web site, umkhankaso womphakathi ohamba ngomkhumbi oqoqa izingodo, ukugetshengwa kanye nokuhlasela okwenziwa kubagibeli bezikebhe. . “Iya ngokuya iba nodlame. Ngikulandele lokho esifundeni sonke esikuso.”
Iningi lamakhulu ezigameko eziqoqwe emazweni nasezifundeni ezingu-30 kule minyaka emine edlule zibandakanya ukuntshontshwa kwezimoto ezihamba emanzini noma ukugqekezwa kwezikebhe ngesikhathi abagibeli besogwini. Kodwa izibhamu nemibese kusetshenziswa kaningi, futhi inqwaba yezigameko ezihilela ukushaywa nokugwazwa ziphakathi kobugebengu obubikwa engosini ye-Internet, ehlanganisa izibalo zayo ezivela kuma- charter operators, marina, abaphathi bechweba kanye nezisulu.
Akekho owayegibele i-Sway olimele, kodwa ukaputeni wenye isikebhe, i-Chiquita, eyahlaselwa ngobusuku obulandelayo, walimala kaningi, okuhlanganisa namanxeba amabili ekhanda abedinga ukuthungwa esibhedlela e-Kingstown, inhloko-dolobha yezwe leziqhingi.
“Kunezikhathi lapho kwenzeka khona bese ucabanga ukuthi akukona okwangempela,” kusho uBotros. “Ngesinye isikhathi omunye wabo wathi, ‘Uma ungasitholi isikhwama sakho semali, ngizokubulala,’ futhi ngahlukumezeka kakhulu ngakhohlwa ukuthi ngangingasilethi isikhwama sami semali ohambweni. Bengithi, 'O Nkulunkulu wami, angiyitholi! Kufanele ngiyithole!' sicabanga ngezingane zethu ekhaya.”
Izivakashi ezihamba ngezikebhe nabahlinzeki bendawo abazihlinzekayo ziyizinsika zeminotho eminingi yeziqhingi zase-Caribbean, okuhlanganisa ne-St. Vincent's. I-charter yesonto yomkhumbi kaseyili kanokusho ofana ne-Sway ibiza ngaphezulu kuka-$13,000 kanye nezindleko, kanye nezikebhe ezinkulu, namachibi awo okubhukuda agibele nezindiza ezinophephela emhlane, ziya ngokuya ziwisa ihange nengcebo emachwebeni amahle esifundeni.
Igagasi lobugebengu langoDisemba lapha lenze ukuthi onogada basogwini namaphoyisa baqaphe, kodwa imininingwane yempendulo ibingakacaci. Abamele amaphoyisa ase-St. Vincent abazange baziphendule izingcingo noma ama-e-mail ngemuva kokuthola isicelo senhlolokhono mayelana nokuthi benzani ukulwa nobugebengu obubhekiswe ezikebheni.
Lokhu kuhlasela kuphinde kwakhuthaza amabhizinisi omkhumbi esiqhingini. Besabela indlela yabo yokuziphilisa, abaqashi be-yacht kanye nabahlinzeki bemikhumbi baphikise izimali zesikebhe sokuqapha futhi bashicilela uhlu lwezinto okumelwe zenziwe nokungamelwe zenziwe kulabo abazoba ngabagibeli ngomkhumbi. Abanye babenomuzwa wokuthi ukubeka izingozi kumnyama nokumhlophe kuphela.
“Uma ngingathola lokhu, bengizogibela indiza elandelayo ngiphume lapha ngigoduke,” kusho uMary Barnard, umqondisi we-Barefoot Yacht Charters, ngale ncwajana, empeleni eyeluleka amatilosi ukuba ahlale evaliwe, emkhunjini futhi egadiwe. ngazo zonke izikhathi.
Wabhala incwadi evela kumbhangqwana waseCanada osekuphele iminyaka bengamakhasimende, lapho bathi ukuhlaselwa kwawo nokugetshengwa kwawo ngo-June 2006 ngamadoda ayehlome ngocelemba kwabaphoqe “ukuba bayeke ukuhamba ngezinyawo endaweni yangakini.”
EBeach Front Restaurant & Bar esechwebeni laseChateaubelair, uweta uFelix Granderson uthe ucabanga ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi kuphephe kakhudlwana manje ngenxa yokuqina kwezokuphepha kodwa kunzima ukusho ngoba amatilosi awasagxili lapha. Uthe abaphangi basolwandle bebevaleleke ezintabeni eziphakeme ngaphezu kwechweba.
“Wonke umuntu uyazi ukuthi ubani okwenzayo. Ngabafana abangafuni ukusebenza, abasuka kwaFitz-Hughes,” esho, ebhekise endaweni ekude emaphethelweni eLa Soufrière.
Ngisho noma kuboshwa abantu ngobugebengu obubhekiswe kwabahamba ngezikebhe, izisulu azivamile ukubuyela ukuyohlonza noma ukufakaza ngokumelene nabahlaseli bazo, kusho uChris Doyle, umbhali weziqondiso ezithandwayo zohambo lwaseCaribbean.
"Iziqhingi zinohlelo lokwahlulela olusukela kudala futhi oluvuna isigebengu uma isisulu singahlali," esho, echaza ukuthi kungani abaphangi bezikebhe bengavamile ukushushiswa.
Ipheshulwe ngaphandle kwesilinganiso?
Amaphoyisa eziqhingini avame ukuba “semoyeni yokusabela,” kusho uPompa mayelana nezingxabano zesikhashana zokukhathazeka nophenyo olulandela izigameko. Kodwa ezinye iziqhingi zithole isifundo ekusakazweni okubi lapho kungena imboni yezokuvakasha iningi lazo elithembele kuyo.
“IDominica, kuze kube yiminyaka eyisishiyagalombili edlule, yayinedumela elibi, futhi yayifaneleka,” esho ngesiqhingi esiqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-135 enyakatho yalapha lapho abaphangi babezingela khona imikhumbi evakashelayo. Ngesikhathi amatilosi eyeka ukumisa isikebhe lapho, undunankulu wahlanganisa osomabhizinisi ukuze babhange isikebhe esiye sanciphisa ubugebengu kakhulu, esho.
IPirates eyahlasela isikebhe eRodney Bay eSt. Lucia - cishe amakhilomitha angu-60 enyakatho yalapha - eminyakeni emibili edlule yashaya kabuhlungu ukapteni futhi yadlwengula unkosikazi wakhe, nokwenze isibalo sabavakashile sehle ngesigamu, uPompa uthe utshelwe yizikhulu zendawo. . Uhulumeni uthumele isikebhe esigada ethekwini, "esibonakala sisithiya," kusho uPompa.
Ubugebengu obubhekiswe kwabahamba ngezikebhe behlile kulo lonke elase-St. Lucia kulo nyaka, esho, futhi asikho isigameko sakamuva esibandakanya udlame, ngokusho kwe-Web logs ku-safetyandsecuritynet.com.
Abanye abanolwazi olude lokuhamba ngomkhumbi e-Caribbean baphikisa ngokuthi akubona kangako ubugebengu obunyukile, kodwa kunalokho umthamo wokuhamba ngomkhumbi nezindlela zokuxhumana ngezigameko.
“Nakanjani kukhona okukhathazayo, kodwa kunzima ngempela ukusho ukuthi kunobugebengu obuningi obubhekiswe ezikebheni kunangaphambili noma uma ukusakazwa kokwaziswa sekungcono manje,” kusho uSally Erdle, umhleli we-Caribbean Compass, iphephandaba lanyanga zonke elinyatheliswa ku- I-Bequia, esinye isiqhingi sase-St. Vincent namaGrenadines athandwa abantu abaningi abahamba ngomkhumbi. “Nge-inthanethi, abakwa-yacht bathumela yonke imibiko yama-imeyili yalezi zigameko ngokushesha nakude, futhi baphinde baxoxe ngazo kuma-yacht namanethi omsakazo we-ham-radio.”
Izigubhu zasehlathini zasolwandle nazo zingaveza imibiko eminingi yesigameko esisodwa, waphawula, "sisenze sibe ishumi nambili emiqondweni yomphakathi."
"Izinto ezimbi ziza ngamagagasi," kusho umlobi uDoyle, i-cruisingguides.com yakhe ihlanganisa izeluleko mayelana namagagasi obugebengu ezindaweni ezikhathazayo ngempela njengeziqhingi zaseVenezuela naseChateaubelair.
"Uma sinezinkinga nalabo abathintekayo, kufanele sizame ukuxwayisa abantu," esho.
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LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- 22 incident, the robbery victims have yet to receive a police report, the pirates remain at large and the sleek yachts that ply the teal waters of the Windward Islands have gone elsewhere, making a ghost town of scenic Chateaubelair.
- A week’s charter of a luxury sailing vessel such as the Sway costs upward of $13,000 plus expenses, and mega-yachts, with their onboard swimming pools and helicopters, increasingly are dropping anchor and treasure at the idyllic harbors of the region.
- Akekho owayegibele i-Sway olimele, kodwa ukaputeni wenye isikebhe, i-Chiquita, eyahlaselwa ngobusuku obulandelayo, walimala kaningi, okuhlanganisa namanxeba amabili ekhanda abedinga ukuthungwa esibhedlela e-Kingstown, inhloko-dolobha yezwe leziqhingi.
