Outside perspective.

[JP233]

Guys, where are the videos?
There is a real lack of UK cherub vids!
Youtube is full of the aussie cherubs with not a lot of you.

Even at the nationals we had to resort to aussie footage in the bar.

Just a passing thought.

[Phil Alderson]

I agree we need more good videos, however I don't think the weather helps. This video was shot in July, and you can see how the dull light hides the spray, and makes the water look flat.

http://youtu.be/jhPQIaqRc40

[Torchy]

I'm with you on that Jamie - my 2 angle shot system didn't get its run out at the Nationals as planned - on the first day because it was dull and windy and on the last day because there was no wind.

Hoping to get some shots at the Inlands...headcam edited together with a backward wide angle shot from about a foot to starboard of the mast

[Clive Everest]

Hi Phil,
Looks like great sailing.
Will conditions be like that if we come up for the nationals next year?

[Phil Alderson]

Hi Phil,
Looks like great sailing.
Will conditions be like that if we come up for the nationals next year?

It probably will be like that during the Nationals but they aren't going to be at Largs next year.

[Neil C.]

Unless Alex Salmond gets his way....

[roland_trim]

The main issue we appear to have is getting good video footage from outside the boat.

Roll on drone cam (and we are not talking about a radio controlled camera, but a real drone
.. ) . Parts are here, need to print a frame. If anyone wants to play with making it work I would consider loaning the bits

 

[Phil Alderson]

When the 470 Europeans were at Largs last year there was a photographer with a video camera on a Helium baloon that he towed behind a RIB. The camera could be steered, and he had a real time screen to help him compose the shots from the RIB.

I also recall that Richard Stenhouse got some great footage of Must Skiffs a few years back by mounting a camera on his mast pointing forward, and then sailing directly behind another MPS. It gave an interesting perspective but did require excellent boat handling.

[ade white]

Joe and I have just had a new gopro mount 3D printed. A friend from the sailing club has made it for us.
It fits on a 15mm tube and we are going to try it mounted on a tube forwards facing at the top of the mast. hopefully we will be using this at the inlands. For mount stability there a 2 ties to the spreaders. see design pic.

[JP233]

Ade, that looks like it could be really good!

We used a handle bar mount around the kite pole with the camera pointing down.
this is what we got

unfortunately we had the camera on time lapse :/