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Singlehanded sailing kitecam compilation
WatersportInfo.com ^ | 03-03-2010 | Watersportinfo

Posted on 03/03/2010 1:57:41 PM PST by Watersportinfo.com

A compilation of a creative sailor that used his kitecam to shoot some amazing "helicopter view" shots.

(Excerpt) Read more at watersportinfo.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: creative; kitecam; sailing; watersportinfocom
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1 posted on 03/03/2010 1:57:42 PM PST by Watersportinfo.com
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To: Watersportinfo.com

Is there a link to an article? Is this just to promote your blog? Is it a vanity post?


2 posted on 03/03/2010 2:04:01 PM PST by NEMDF
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To: Watersportinfo.com

Neat. Love that song too.


3 posted on 03/03/2010 2:04:08 PM PST by DManA
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To: Watersportinfo.com

Watersportinfo.com
I sail a 22 cape Dory and have never thought of doing anything like this.

WAYYY cool,
Thanks


4 posted on 03/03/2010 2:05:04 PM PST by Joe Boucher (Just say NO to RINOs.)
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To: NEMDF

It is to show sailors what you can do.
Way cool.


5 posted on 03/03/2010 2:06:02 PM PST by Joe Boucher (Just say NO to RINOs.)
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To: Watersportinfo.com

Very cool,,, we often see cool shots, and never think of the effort it takes to get em.


6 posted on 03/03/2010 2:17:10 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: NEMDF

Lighten up Francis!


7 posted on 03/03/2010 2:20:09 PM PST by douginthearmy
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To: Watersportinfo.com
At first glance, the craft looks like a Cape Dory 27'...is that right?

Beauty little number!!!

8 posted on 03/03/2010 2:26:20 PM PST by SonOfDarkSkies (I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself... - D.H. Lawrence)
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To: douginthearmy

Sorry... a little irritable today with all this talk about ramming the health reform through... will try to mellow a bit.


9 posted on 03/03/2010 2:27:50 PM PST by NEMDF
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To: Watersportinfo.com

bookmark


10 posted on 03/03/2010 2:28:24 PM PST by ßuddaßudd (7 days - 7 ways Guero >>> with a floating, shifting, ever changing persona.....)
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To: Watersportinfo.com
One word........COOL!

Thanks for the escapism high.

11 posted on 03/03/2010 2:29:15 PM PST by MrPiper
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To: Watersportinfo.com

What kind of video setup is this? pretty cool


12 posted on 03/03/2010 2:30:08 PM PST by Mr. K (This administration IS WEARING OUT MY CAPSLOCK KEY!)
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To: Watersportinfo.com

water sports?


13 posted on 03/03/2010 2:32:02 PM PST by llevrok (Drink your beer, damnit. There are sober people in Africa.)
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To: NEMDF

Very impressed with your decency and maturity. A credit to FR!


14 posted on 03/03/2010 2:32:10 PM PST by SonOfDarkSkies (I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself... - D.H. Lawrence)
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To: Watersportinfo.com

I saw this a year or two ago on youtube. Cool vid. I sail a Catalina 18.5 currently.


15 posted on 03/03/2010 2:55:41 PM PST by PilotDave (No, really, you just can't make this stuff up!!!)
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To: Watersportinfo.com; PilotDave; Squantos
I never had the tech to put a video camera up a kite, but I did take some cool 35mm still photos from up masts. Recently I've been scanning a lot of my old pictures. There are a ton more on my facebook page.

The Escape Pod under construction (by me) in the early 90s.

Me as a sailboat rigger up somebody's mast in South Florida in the late 80s.

The Escape Pod in the middle of the Pacific, late 90s.

Tons more photos on my facebook page.

16 posted on 03/03/2010 3:34:37 PM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: maica

Cool new perspective and old memories.


17 posted on 03/03/2010 3:44:35 PM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: Travis McGee

Congrats on making it to “CRUISE MODE”!!!

Sold my boat to move to Alaska... worth it, but do miss it sometimes.


18 posted on 03/03/2010 3:47:23 PM PST by ASOC (In case of attack, tune to 640 kilocycles or 1240 kilocycles on your AM dial.)
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To: ASOC

I made it, and now I just “cruise” the internet.


19 posted on 03/03/2010 3:55:55 PM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: Watersportinfo.com; Travis McGee

Terrific video and kite and sailing combo. When the camera switched to ahead, I first thought the sailor must have had a second boat in front, then realized that running before the wind meant that the kite was forward, too.

Loved the twin jibs as well.


20 posted on 03/03/2010 6:10:49 PM PST by maica (Freedom consists not in doing what we like,but in having the right to do what we ought. John Paul II)
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