Kuyishwa uma i-bubbly ingaphuki lapho kubhapathizwa umkhumbi, ngakho-ke i-P&O iqashe iRoyal Marines ukuthi yethule i-supersize liner i-Ventura. Yimaphi amanye amaqhinga okuhweba?
Kuwusiko uma kwethulwa umkhumbi we-VIP ukushwiba ibhodlela le-champagne eminsalweni.
Kodwa u-Dame Helen Mirren - "unkulunkulukazi" we-P&O yelayini entsha ye-Ventura - esikhundleni salokho uzoyala ithimba leRoyal Marines ukuthi liwuwise umkhumbi futhi liphahlaze ibhodlela phezu komkhumbi emcimbini wangoLwesithathu wokuqamba amagama eSouthampton.
Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi umlando wasolwandle umi kwelokuthi uma ibhodlela lihluleka ukuphihliza, umkhumbi uyobe umiselwe ukuphila okuyishwa olwandle.
Ngonyaka odlule abakwaDuchess baseCornwall bahlulekile ukuphihliza ibhodlela ohlangothini lwe-cruise liner Queen Victoria; kamuva inqwaba yabagibeli yagula ngenxa yesiphazamisi esithathelwanayo.
Ukuze ugweme lesi sibikezelo esibi, imboni yezokuthutha inamaqhinga amaningi okuqinisekisa ukuphuka kwe-bubbly.
Amabhodlela e-Champagne aqinile ngokwedlulele, eklanyelwe ukumelana nengcindezi ephezulu, kodwa kuthatha isici esincane nje, njengebhamuza engilazini, ukuze kwehliswe amandla alo, kusho uDkt Mark Miodownik, usosayensi wezinto ezibonakalayo eKing's College London.
“Ingilazi yinto enzima kakhulu. Uma ufuna ukwenza isici kuwo, uzokuthola kunzima kakhulu, kodwa idayimane linamandla. Ithiphu yami ephezulu kungaba ukushaya ibhodlela ngedayimane.”
Kuyiqhinga elijwayelekile kusihlalo we-P&O uSir John Parker, osethule imikhumbi eminingana ngesikhathi sakhe. “Ngesikhathi ngisengumakhi wemikhumbi, sasihlala sishaya ibhodlela. Kusetshenziswe i-glass cutter. Kwandise kakhulu amathuba okuthi iphihlize.”
Ngesikhathi Amasosha Asolwandle ezilolonga ngamabhodlela anamaphuzu, uKaputeni uRoderic Yapp RM uthi lawa aphihlize kalula umzimba kaVentura kangangoba kuzosetshenziswa ibhodlela ebeliphelele emcimbini.
Ubukhulu bubalulekile
UDkt Miodownnik uthi amathuba ezibalo, uhlobo lwentambo nosayizi webhamuza konke kuyangena kuwo. Uma ibhodlela likhulu, ayanda amathuba okuba nenkinga yemvelo, ngakho uncoma ukusebenzisa i-jeroboam.
Khohlwa ngevintage, usayizi webhamuza obalulekile. “Lapho amabhamuza emakhulu, kuyanda umfutho ongaphakathi ebhodleleni, maningi amathuba okuba liphuke. Indlela engcono kakhulu yokuthola ibhodlela le-cava elishibhile elinamabhamuza amakhulu.”
Futhi ukwandisa lo mphumela ngokunikeza ibhodlela ukuxubha okuhle.
Intambo enanoma yikuphi ukunwebeka kuyomunca amandla, ukuze kucace, kusho uDkt Miodownik. Okungcono kunentambo kungaba ubude bocingo.
Nakuba iminsalo eminingi yomkhumbi yenziwe ngensimbi eqinile, ezinye izingxenye zizoqina kakhulu kunezinye - ngakho-ke i-x-ray umnsalo, thola ama-groins (izakhiwo eziyinhloko zokusekela) futhi uhlose lezi.
Bese kuba khona - noma yini - ozophonsa. Ngaphambi kokwethulwa kwe-Ventura, i-Royal Marine egxile ekwenzeni izintambo nokuqwala izintaba yenza isiqephu somkhumbi.
Kamuva kule nyanga, iRoyal Caribbean International izoqeda ngokuphelele ubuntu lapho bethula owabo uhambo olukhulu lomkhumbi. Unkulunkulu wabo uzocindezela inkinobho ukuze avule umshini okhethekile wokuphihliza i-champagne.
Kodwa lokhu akubona neze ubuwula. Ngenkathi u-Jodie no-Jemma Kidd besiza ukwethula i-Ocean Village Two ngonyaka odlule, umshini ozenzakalelayo wehlulekile ukuphihliza ibhodlela. Ilungu labasebenzi ebhodini kudingeke ukuthi lingenelele lenze izindondo.
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