Riding the Tiger - cat sailing in Greece

[arminiusztm]

hehehe this video comment is sailing on the lake constanz...very low wind...i have new to day a g-kat 5.0 ... i hope it rocks like yours...greetz

[arminiusztm]

N1 ...4:40....SAUGEIL!

[greececatsailing]

Thanks for the compliment! I had to look that one up, but here it is for anyone else:

"saugeil: Un-describable, inexpressible awesome feeling, almost euphoric". Perfect!

[727engineer]

FFS peyronimo, some of us sail for fun, lighten up mate. This video shows 2 people having fun and learning to sail an F18 under spinnaker. Greek cat sailing, what camera did you use on the bridle?

[greececatsailing]

Hi engineer,

The bulletcam I used was a no-name brand I picked up from ebay. Can't recall the vendor. But the spec on the cam says Sony 1/3 inch CCD, 3.6 mm lens, 420 lines resolution. It's aproximagely 4 inches long, and produces very nice colors. The AV line fed to a Panasonic D-snap video cam for actual recording, (D-Snap is a great little cam)

I also rigged on simple offset mounting bracket, so that the bullet cam was not resting on the spin pole, but rather lower and off to one side.

[peyronimo]

You are right. Sorry for pickin' on them. Was not in the best mood while posting. Pls accept my apologizes. Thx.

[smoothsailin7799]

Its all about having fun, and it sure looks like you are having fun, so you are doing it the right way.

[peyronimo]

I am afraid that I have to say that the way you guys hang or better sit in the trapeze does not look very professional...sry

[greececatsailing]

Hey peyronimo, cut us a little slack. I didn't claim we were professionals. Infact the skipper just learned to sail a little over a year ago, and this was probably his first time with the spinnaker in any wind, so I'd say he's doing just fine.

[peyronimo]

Okay okay, often close to nosedive - probably due to the course/gennaker - so for one year: respect. But standing on the hulls correctly is very easy, so why not doing (train it before) if you make a video that maybe intents to fascinate others? Skipper was to concentrated on the boat and afraid to capsize so he forgot about that ... i guess. Peace.