1. Boom 360
2. Tiller ATC Chameleon
3. Front of Mast Backwards facing Ace Pro
4. Front of Mast forwards facing Insta360 Go 3
5. Engine Mount Go Pro 8
The positioning of the cameras gives you view you want. Many of these are just predictions of what we might need and these placements will be changed to obtain better shots.
Probably the most useful camera is the 360 camera mounted on the Boom. This gives a clear view of what is going on in the cockpit and of all the crew in action.
We discovered that we needed to upgrade this camera to a better mount.
Using a Suction mount, the wide angle Ace Pro Camera gives a great wide angle wide of the cockpit.
A suction cup mount deep into the bow and securely fastened to the bar holding the Jib known as the Jib Thwart. Here we mount an Insta360 Go 3. It has a good battery and filming life and can record the whole of a sailing race.
We have an ATC Chameleon, which takes video forwards and backwards art the same time. We have tried this mounted on the tiller, but it hasn't been as successful as we would have liked.
Either forwards or backwards facing. Usually there is very little in the way of boats behind us ( as we are usually last) so mostly we get the camera to face forwards. Here we have a Go Pro camera, mounted on a suction base and tied to the engine mount.
We have tried the Insta 360 Go here but a handheld Olympus tough seems to work as well and doesn't get knocked off easily.
The all-electric Whaly makes a great Camera Boat.
It is very quiet, and stable which makes for good video platform. We can mount a tripod inside. When the boat is moving the boat is very stable, but when moored it does move with the wake of other boats. So when we are moored up it is usually easier to hand hold the camera.
We don't have one boat we go out in but several. So we need to be able to adapt our plans to different boats. What might be good in one boat might not be in another.
