[Public-list] Oxford Race

Tue Sep 21 09:32:53 PDT 2004

I use a Bogen "SuperClamp" and mount my camera to the rail on the stern 
or bow. No waterproofing on the front of the lens but I usually 
duct-tape a zip-lock bag around the camera. I have a very small Canon 
Elura MC2. Seems to work just fine, but yours looked really steady as if 
it was on a gimble, especially when you were photographing the boat 
beside you. Fun times!

BTW: If you want to check out this clamp, it's very versatile. I've used 
one (or four) of these to mount on the outside of airplanes, race cars, 
go-karts, hang gliders and behind the best use was for remote cameras 
behind the backboard at basketball games! Anyway... 
http://makeashorterlink.com/?X1FB61659

Bill Blevins
Sabrina #158

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Brian Palmer wrote:

>Bill,
>
>I didn't give a lot of race detail, because I wasn't there Saturday...
>But unofficially and abbreviated; On the way down LinGin was under
>reefed main alone topping out at 14.7 knots!  I wasn't there on
>Saturday, so no video to show the hairy moments when the tiller snapped
>in front of a tug boat pulling a huge load of rock.  They put a tear in
>the main about 1 foot long during the tiller incident, but it held
>througout the weekend. The also broke the preventer on the main, and
>ripped a batten pocket launching it like a javelin out into the bay.  I
>came down as relief crew Saturday night, bringing my backup tiller for
>the race home.
>
>Sunday we started out wing and wing with the #2 jib and a reefed main,
>and before the first mark, a seam ripped about 4 feet halfway  up in the
>#2 jib.  We swtiched back to the #1 and brought the jib back inside and
>taped it.  We flew it again after rounding the first mark and the tape
>only last a few minutes, ripping a little further.  This forced us to
>use the #1 for the rest of the day.  We were so overpowered, but not out
>of control.  If we had to race any further off the wind, it would have
>been too much I'd say.
>
>The camera is a Hi8 camcorder, set in LP mode to get 3 hours of video. I
>made a box out of 3/4" plywood and a lexan front made from a scrap when
>I redid my windows.  It's assebmled with 5200 to keep it sealed.  The
>back screws on with 20 screws and has some hatch gasket to keep the
>water out.  It worked great!  I mounted the box on top of a heavy duty
>tripod which was lashed to the back deck.  By using the tripod, I could
>then change the aim of the camera quickly and easliy during the race to
>get some variation.
>
>This upcoming Sunday's race, I'll be doing it again, but hopefully with
>a mast head cam, and a bow cam as well.
>
>Towney is giving us the go-ahead to let us mount a camera on the bow of
>his boat, pointing forward, so we can get good footage us up as well :)
>(just kidding)
>
>-Brian
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: public-list-bounces at alberg30.org
>[mailto:public-list-bounces at alberg30.org] On Behalf Of Bill Blevins
>Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 11:20 AM
>To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all
>Subject: Re: [Public-list] Oxford Race
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>Stephen, Are you on OS X? I had to download the divx codec and after 
>several attempts I got the right combination and could see the video. 
>Pretty cool!
>
>Brian, how did you mount that camera to be so stable? Was this 
>Saturday's race or Sunday racing? How much wind?
>
>No one has told the story of the actual A30 racing yet on this list.
>
>My crew on Krugerrand ran down with a #3 jib and reefed main and saw 50+
>
>knot gusts on Sat., broke a jib sheet, bent the spinnaker pole and broke
>
>the mast ring holding the pole and saw 12 knots surfing to Oxford at 
>some points of sail! Wild ride.
>
>Bill Blevins
>Sabrina #158
>
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>sousa, stephen (ENG) wrote:
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>>Brian,
>>
>>I loaded the video this morning but was received audio with a mutli 
>>color arrangement. Any ideas?
>>
>>Stephen
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: public-list-bounces at alberg30.org 
>>[mailto:public-list-bounces at alberg30.org] On Behalf Of Brian Palmer
>>Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 11:09 AM
>>To: 'Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all'
>>Subject: RE: [Public-list] Oxford Race
>>
>>
>>I just re-uploaded the video, this time with music (Ride of the
>>Valkeries) which seems very fitting.  If you have a fast connection and
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>>have already seen it, it's worth downloading again :)
>>
>>http://www.DigitalArsenal.com/lingin/oxford2.avi
>>
>>It's 30MB, so be patient!
>>
>>
>>
>>-Brian
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: public-list-bounces at alberg30.org 
>>[mailto:public-list-bounces at alberg30.org] On Behalf Of Brian Palmer
>>Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 11:41 PM
>>To: 'Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all'
>>Subject: RE: [Public-list] Oxford Race
>>
>>
>>Here's the video from Sunday:
>>
>>http://www.DigitalArsenal.com/lingin/oxford2.avi
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>>It's 30MB in size (sorry dialup people).  If anyone is on dialup and 
>>doesn't have a few hours to download it, let me know and I'll make a 
>>lower quality and smaller file size version.  Also, if your media 
>>player doesn't figure it out on it's own, you'll need the Divx codec to
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>>play this.  If it doesn't automatically get downloaded, go to Divx.com 
>>and download the free version.
>>
>>-Brian
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: public-list-bounces at alberg30.org 
>>[mailto:public-list-bounces at alberg30.org] On Behalf Of Mike Lehman
>>Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 10:35 AM
>>To: public-list at alberg30.org
>>Subject: [Public-list] Oxford Race
>>
>>
>>So how was the race - it was blowing like no tomorrow? Did everyone 
>>survive?
>>
>>Are the boats ok?
>>
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>>             Mike Lehman
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