Omunye wabantu baseRussia abacebe kakhulu abangama-50, ongusomabhizinisi u-Oleg Tinkov, ufuna ukwethula emphakathini lokho akubiza ngokuthi isikebhe sokuqala esizimele esigqekeza iqhwa ngonyaka ozayo, ngaphambi kokuthi umkhumbi wama-euro ayizigidi eziyi-100 ulibangise e-Antarctic phakathi kwezinye izindawo.
Umsunguli nomnikazi we-Tinkoff Bank, ebiza amabhiliyoni angu-2.2, uzobonisa i-SeaExplorer 77, okungeziwe okusha kuphrojekthi yakhe yezilwane ezifuywayo, i-La Dacha, embukisweni omkhulu we-yacht emhlabeni wonke eMonaco ngasekuqaleni kuka-2020.
Ngemuva kokwethulwa, i-superyacht izobhekisa amabombo kumagugu oLwandlekazi i-Indian, i-Seychelles ne-Madagascar, inhlonhlo yase-Russia ebukekayo yase-Kamchatka kanye ne-Alaska, ngaphambi kokuphonsela inselelo umkhumbi wayo ophihliza iqhwa oqinisiwe e-Antarctica ngasekupheleni kuka-2021 nasekuqaleni kuka-2022.
"Iyachting, kodwa ehluke ngokuphelele," kuchaza uTinkov. "Kumayelana nokuhlola, kodwa hhayi mayelana nokuphuza i-martini nokubukisa eSaint-Tropez."
'Umkhumbi ophihliza iqhwa' udle usozigidi ezingaphezu kuka-€100 million (US$112 million). Umnikazi wasebhange ufuna ukuzithokozisa cishe amasonto angama-20 ngonyaka futhi uhlela ukuyiqashisa ngokunye ngo-€690,000 ngesonto.
Lo somabhizinisi uthi waba ngowokuqala uku-oda umkhumbi walolu hlobo. Eqinisweni, iyi-yacht yohambo, engaphula iqhwa kuze kufike kumasentimitha angu-40 ukujiya futhi igcine ukuzimela olwandle kuze kube yizinsuku ezingu-40. Umkhumbi wamamitha angu-77, ohlinzeka ngendawo yokuhlala kanokusho izivakashi ezingafika kweziyi-12 ngaphezu kwezisebenzi, futhi unama-hangars amabili anophephela emhlane, isikhungo sokuntywila kanye negumbi lokunciphisa amandla, futhi uthwala i-submersible, izikuta zeqhwa ezimbili nama-waverunners.
Umsunguli we-Microsoft uBill Gates usebonise isithakazelo ku-adventure yolwandle yokunethezeka, futhi ufuna ukuba ne-charter yamasonto amathathu ubude, kanti osomabhizinisi baseRussia abavela ohlwini lweForbes, ogama lakhe u-Tinkov alizange lidalule, ufuna ukuqasha isikebhe izinyanga eziyisithupha.
