Carlos Pich Martínez: IMOCA masts, menene sanda

A taron aji na IMOCA a cikin 2012 an zaɓi cewa mast da keel sun ƙunshi nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan sabbin jiragen ruwa tun daga wannan lokacin, tare da maƙasudi biyu na sarrafa farashi da rashin shiga tseren fasaha mai tsada da rikitarwa don tsarin ƙungiyar.

An rattaba hannu kan kwangilar keɓancewa tare da kamfanin Faransa Lorima, wanda ya zama keɓaɓɓen mai samar da masts don jiragen ruwa na IMOCA. Tsarin samarwa shine don kera mast kowane mako takwas, wato, 6-7 a shekara. Bugu da ƙari, Lorima dole ne ta sami mast ɗin da aka keɓe don yuwuwar wargaza jiragen da ke akwai.

A cikin lokacin 2016-2020, jimlar masts 19 tsakanin

sabbin jiragen ruwa guda takwas da za a gina da kuma sayan matsuguni. Dukkanin su an ƙera su tare da ƙirar da ke akwai kawai ba tare da matsala ba dangane da bayarwa. Amma tun farkon 2021 abubuwa sun kasance masu rikitarwa saboda haɓakar Vendée Globe na ƙarshe. Hakazalika, abokan cinikinmu na tashar jirgin ruwa na Lorima suma sun ƙara yawan buƙatar samfuran.

A gefe guda kuma goma sha uku ake ginawa!! jiragen ruwa da wasu uku sun fadi a cikin Transat Jaques Vabre na baya-bayan nan, baya ga kungiyoyin da ke son maye gurbin na yanzu. Ƙayyadaddun lokaci suna da tsawo sosai kuma an yi ƙararrawa. Bugu da ƙari, Lorima ba ta da naúrar da dole ne ta kasance a hannunta ta hanyar kwangila don maye gurbin karyewar matsi. Wannan ya shawarci masana'antun da su gina wani nau'i na biyu don haɓaka samar da kayayyaki, ba tare da matsala ba wajen daukar ma'aikata saboda rashin kwararru a cikin abubuwan da suka faru saboda farfadowar sashin ruwa.

Don inganta samarwa, an yanke shawarar cewa Lorima ta ba da kwangilar yin amfani da nau'in nau'i na biyu tare da wani kamfani wanda ya ƙware a cikin fiber na carbon da composites. Membobin ajin IMOCA, ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa, suna maraba da wannan yiwuwar. Laminated a cikin wani m mold, tare da cikakken bayani dalla-dalla na ginin da kuma tsanani likita controls kamar yadda aka sallama ga aji, an yi la'akari da cewa yiwu bambance-bambancen ne negligible, kuma za a iya samun masts daga wannan mold a baya.

Ba tare da bayyana hakan ba, kungiyoyin sun rage kwanakin horo. Ba wanda yake son ganin hutu ya sanya su cikin jerin jiran aiki na tsawon watanni da yawa. Misali shine na Fabrice Amedo, wanda a watan Disambar da ya gabata ya ba da umarni tare da Lorima don samun mastayin maye idan na yanzu ya karye… amma zai jira har zuwa Yuni 2023!

Da alama wani abin ban mamaki ne cewa Yuro 200.000 da mast ɗin ya kashe, don sabon jirgin ruwa wanda ake biyan kusan miliyan 6, yana da kamfen ɗin wasanni tare da kwangilolin tallafin dala miliyan. Abin farin ciki, a cikin shekara daya da rabi saboda za a warware.