[Rhodes22-list] Drone video of Fretless

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Very nice video.  Could you please describe your drone/video equipment?
And how the heck do you land the drone on a moving boat?

Thanks,

Jerry

On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 3:49 PM, Olivier Hecht <ohecht at earthlink.net> wrote:

> We had our second sail on Fretless yesterday…a perfect sailing day on the
> Rappahannock and we had the whole family including the dog this
> time…everyone seemed to enjoy it.  It was a tough start and finish to the
> day dealing with a broken trailer jack before we launched and a flat
> trailer tire when we retrieved her.  Fortunately, some improvisation with
> the car’s jack, wood blocking, and extra tools I had decided to bring at
> the last minute allowed us to still enjoy the day.
>
> I even managed to get the spinnaker (Doyle “UPS") up during a more calm
> period on the water, and it was really easy to deploy and worked very
> well.  I think we hit ~7 mph for a little while on a reach…that was
> exciting!  I also managed to get her “wing-on-wing” for a few minutes while
> running, although that was pretty hard to sustain!
>
> Here’s a quick video I was able to shoot from the drone (nice to have an
> aerial scouting vehicle on board to check weather or what’s around the next
> point of land, etc.)…launching and retrieving it from a moving sailboat
> crewed by novices was definitely exciting and a little nerve-racking, but
> we got it done.  The camera work is not great, either, since the video link
> to my phone was full of interference for some reason…possibly the VHF
> traffic…I had to fly and frame the shots without really being able to see
> what the camera was pointing at…
>
> https://youtu.be/PyG78xToiVM
>
> Olivier
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