Yarmouth Blast October 1st 2006

[John Kennett]

Originally Posted by Lostboy

Any ribster knows that you bottled it again and stayed shoreside

He wasn't aboard the Black Pearl, but our very own Captain Sparrow was indeed amongst us!

John

[Andy Moore]

Originally Posted by benc

I started my camera leaving yarmouth, and recording us messing around on the way to the Needles (got some nice air time). I will get it uploaded over the next few days and post a link.

Did you guys go all the way out to the lighthouse?

[Nos4r2]

I just downloaded Olly's pics... What on earth did that stuff look like?! We look like we were emerging from the deep

[MikeCC]

Good to see everyone had a good trip out.

We didn't bottle it because of the weather but the trailer decided for us. Suspension unit failure just before Warsash completely buggered the day. If anyone has those bolt-on suspendion/hub units, take a look at the underside of the square box section and make sure it's not dispappearing! Just very relieved it was a low-speed failure and not on the motorway.

Luckily Towsure had the right bits on the shelf, so we did a steady 3-wheeler over to Drivers to fix it up. In fact, the trailer was remarkably stable and I would have gone further iexcept for attracting the attention of plod.

Thanks to Stuart and BenC for the use of angle grinder, drill andl bits to get the job done.

Got home iin the end without further mishap.

[benc]

Originally Posted by Andy Moore

Did you guys go all the way out to the lighthouse?

Unfortunately not, was not too good for the smaller boats, will have to arrange another time in the not to distant future for another play

Originally Posted by MikeCC

Thanks to Stuart and BenC for the use of angle grinder, drill andl bits to get the job done.

Not a problem! Glad you got it sorted.

Originally Posted by MikeCC

Got home iin the end without further mishap.

Good to hear!

[Andy Moore]

Originally Posted by benc

Unfortunately not, was not too good for the smaller boats, will have to arrange another time in the not to distant future for another play

It must have been rough as hell by the Bridge!

[John Kennett]

I've moved the discussion about the next cruise to a new thread: http://www.rib.net/forum/showthread.php?t=16373

John

[The Jackeens]

We missed a lively day!


Glad you're all home safe

(Cool posts Jimbo!)

Us

[benc]

Gray has kindly taken the video camera off the tape, and has a taster for you guys to see. Will get the rest of it put up as soon as possible.

Please bare in mind, this is the first time i've really recorded a journey, so theres a few teething problems, but hope to get it better next time...

The tape seems to have got bashed around a bit, so you'll see some glitches (need to work out a way to pad the video camera more I think!). Also, need to get some "water deflecting" spray or similar to stop the water sticking to the camera lens.


Anyway, take a look
http://www.gburgess.co.uk/Yarmouth1.wmv

Its the first cut, not really optimised yet - so its a big 12mb file, clicking on the link should start streaming the video, right click and "Save AS" to download it! We have an hour worth of footage, just need to sit down and take the best bits out!

Oh, and it IS playing at normal speed!

[slimtim]

nice video ben, I managed to stay out of shot all the time! Your rib is pretty rapid with those new engines.

[Gray]

Originally Posted by slimtim

I managed to stay out of shot all the time!

You are 'in shot' later on the tape when Ben was posing for your camera!

[slimtim]

haha, nice!

[pressman]

Also, need to get some "water deflecting" spray or similar to stop the water sticking to the camera lens.

There is some stuff called rainex that should do the job

[benc]

Originally Posted by pressman

There is some stuff called rainex that should do the job

Excellent thanks, will look around for some!

[benc]

http://www.motormania.co.uk/product_...er=Rain-X&Code=


Is that the sort of thing?

[benc]

Originally Posted by Gray

You are 'in shot' later on the tape when Ben was posing for your camera!

Yeah, thats only the first few minutes of the footage, I set the camera off as we left yarmouth, and it stopped at about calshot, so I have all the time we were messing around and then most of the journey back..

We'll get it up for you guys to see asap

[pressman]

Originally Posted by benc

http://www.motormania.co.uk/product_...er=Rain-X&Code=


Is that the sort of thing?

That's the stuff!

[Ian M]

Great video Ben. That is somethig to watch on those cold winter nights!

[ollyit]

Originally Posted by benc

Gray has kindly taken the video camera off the tape, and has a taster for you guys to see. Will get the rest of it put up as soon as possible.

Please bare in mind, this is the first time i've really recorded a journey, so theres a few teething problems, but hope to get it better next time...

The tape seems to have got bashed around a bit, so you'll see some glitches (need to work out a way to pad the video camera more I think!). Also, need to get some "water deflecting" spray or similar to stop the water sticking to the camera lens.


Anyway, take a look
http://www.gburgess.co.uk/Yarmouth1.wmv

Its the first cut, not really optimised yet - so its a big 12mb file, clicking on the link should start streaming the video, right click and "Save AS" to download it! We have an hour worth of footage, just need to sit down and take the best bits out!

Oh, and it IS playing at normal speed!

bloody cool mate, would love to see more - ie the whole thing go on go on!! really would like to the Pressman weapon doing the turny thing i always miss out on

[ozz]

That is brilliant guys, amazing it does not bounce about more.

I was thinking it would be good to mount the lens sideways. Then you would get some brilliant footage of boats running alongside at high speed. Its the kind of footage no-one ever gets in rough weather as they can never carry a camera and hold on at the same time!

If you want some footage of your boat doing this then let me know and maybe we can put the camera on mine on the next trip.

Ozz