Septhemba 27, 2010 isikebhe selanga ushiye itheku laseMonaco, ibuya ngemuva kwezinsuku ezingama-584 ngoMeyi 4, 2012. Umkhumbi wawela i-Atlantic, iPanama Canal, iPacific, i-Indian Ocean, iGulf of Aden neSuez Canal ngaphambi kokugcina ufike oLwandle iMedithera futhi. Amachweba angama-52 efike kuwo akhombisa ngamathuba ahlukile elanga nokukhuthaza ukusetshenziswa kwawo.
I-MS Turanor PlanetSolar ngumkhumbi omkhulu welanga emhlabeni. Le catamaran isebenza kuphela ngenxa ye- amandla elanga athathwe ngamamitha-skwele angama-512 wamapaneli elanga. Izinyanga zocwaningo zigcine ngokudala ubukhulu nokuhleleka okuhle kulabo abafuna ukuwela iplanethi eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ukusuka empumalanga kuye entshonalanga. Onjiniyela bekufanele bathuthukise ukugcinwa kwamandla, kanye ne-aerodynamics, i-propulsion kanye nezinto abazikhethayo.
IPlanetSolar ine isakhiwo sekhabhoni okuyinika isisindo esincane nokuqina. Amamitha-skwele angama-512 wamapaneli elanga anikezela ngamabhulokhi ama-6 amabhethri e-lithium-ion, okuyibhetri enkulu kunazo zonke yalolu hlobo emhlabeni. Lobu buchwepheshe benza kube lula ukuhlinzeka ngamandla adingekayo ohlobo olusha lokuzimela okuzimele. Lapho amabhethri egcwele, isikebhe singahamba amahora angama-72 kumnyama bhuqe.
Ekuqaleni, ukwakheka kwesikebhe sokuqala sesikebhe kwakufana ne-catamaran eyayikwazi ukugibela indawo yephaneli yelanga engama-180 square metres. Inhloso yephrojekthi bekuwukuqedela masinyane umjikelezo wokuqala emhlabeni kusetshenziswa amandla elanga kuphela.
Umkhumbi wakhiwa eKiel enyakatho neJalimane. Umsebenzi wokwakha uthathe izinyanga eziyi-14 futhi wawukhona kudinga amahora angaphezu kwama-64000 womsebenzi ngemali ebiza cishe ama-euro ayizigidi eziyi-12.
Khona manje useVenice ulinde umnikazi omusha, njengoba manje sesisezandleni zomndeni wakwaStroeher, umndeni waseJalimane othanda kakhulu ubuchwepheshe belanga, futhi lokho kube yimbangela yokwakhiwa kwalesi sikebhe esimangalisayo.
Idizayini ye-Futuristic efana neyodwa, kubukeka njengokuthize ku-Star Wars. Yeka ukungcola!
Futhi ngisebenzisa u-0 kukaphethiloli! : =)