Pamsonkhano wa kalasi ya IMOCA mu 2012 adavotera kuti mast ndi keel awonetse mabwato atsopano kuyambira pamenepo, ndi zolinga ziwiri zowongolera ndalama komanso kusalowa mpikisano wokwera mtengo komanso wovuta waukadaulo wamagulu.
Mgwirizano wodzipatula udasainidwa ndi kampani yaku France ya Lorima, yomwe idakhala yokhayo yoperekera masts pazombo za IMOCA. Dongosolo lopanga linali kupanga mast masabata asanu ndi atatu aliwonse, ndiko kuti 6-7 pachaka. Kuphatikiza apo, Lorima amayenera kukhala ndi mast yosungiramo kuti athe kuwononga zombo zomwe zidalipo.
Mu nthawi ya 2016-2020, chiwerengero cha mast 19 pakati pa
zombo zisanu ndi zitatu zatsopano kuti zimangidwe ndi kugula masts m'malo. Onsewo amapangidwa ndi nkhungu yokhayo yomwe ilipo popanda mavuto popereka. Koma kuyambira kuchiyambi kwa 2021 zinthu zakhala zovuta chifukwa chakukula kwa Vendée Globe yomaliza. Momwemonso, makasitomala athu oyendetsa sitima zapamadzi a Lorima nawonso achulukitsa kufunikira kwa zinthu zambiri.
Kumbali imodzi, khumi ndi atatu akumangidwa!! mabwato ndi ena atatu adagwa mu Transat Jaques Vabre yaposachedwa, kuwonjezera pamagulu omwe akufuna kusintha omwe ali pano. Madeti akutalika kwambiri ndipo ma alarm akulira. Kuphatikiza apo, Lorima alibenso gawo lomwe liyenera kukhala nalo pochita mgwirizano kuti lilowe m'malo osweka. Izi analangiza Mlengi kumanga nkhungu yachiwiri kuonjezera kupanga, popanda mavuto kulemba anthu ogwira ntchito chifukwa chosowa akatswiri mu composites chifukwa achire gawo panyanja.
Pofuna kupititsa patsogolo kupanga, aganiza kuti Lorima agwiritse ntchito nkhungu yachiwiri ndi kampani ina yomwe imagwira ntchito za carbon fibers ndi kompositi. Mamembala a kalasi ya IMOCA, amalinyero, amalandila izi. Laminated mu nkhungu zofanana, ndi tsatanetsatane wa zomangamanga ndi zowongolera kwambiri zachipatala monga momwe zaperekedwa kwa kalasi, zimaganiziridwa kuti kusiyana komwe kungatheke ndi kosatheka, ndipo pangakhalenso masts kuchokera ku nkhungu yomweyi kumbuyo.
Popanda kunena poyera, matimu achepetsa masiku awo ophunzitsira. Palibe amene akufuna kuwona kupuma kumawaika pamndandanda wodikirira kwa miyezi yambiri. Chitsanzo ndi cha Fabrice Amedo, yemwe mu December watha analamula kuti Lorima akhazikitse chipilala cholowa m'malo ngati chomwe chilipocho chithyoka... koma adikira mpaka June 2023!
Zikuwoneka ngati zododometsa kuti ma euro 200.000 omwe mtengo wamtengo wapatali, pa bwato latsopano lomwe pafupifupi 6 miliyoni amalipidwa, ali ndi masewera ochita masewera olimbitsa thupi ndi mgwirizano wothandizira madola milioni. Mwamwayi, mu chaka ndi theka chifukwa izo zidzathetsedwa.
