[Rhodes22-list] Drone video of Fretless

[Mary Lou Troy]

Glad to see Fretless out there enjoying herself 
and getting a workout. The video is great. Nice 
to see new aerial shots. The drone is a great toy... um... tool ;-)

Enjoy!

Mary Lou and Fred


At 03:49 PM 7/3/2016, you wrote:
>We had our second sail on Fretless yesterday
a 
>perfeect sailing day on the Rappahannock and we 
>had the whole family including the dog this 
>time
everyone seemedd to enjoy it.  It was a 
>tough start and finish to the day dealing with a 
>broken trailer jack before we launched and a 
>flat trailer tire when we retrieved 
>her.  Fortunately, some improvisation with the 
>car’s jack, wood blocking, and extra tools I 
>had decided to bring at the last minute allowed 
>us to still enjoy the day. I even managed to get 
>the spinnaker (Doyle “UPS") up during a more 
>calm period on the water, and it was really easy 
>to deploy and worked very well.  I think we hit 
>~7 mph for a little while on a reach
that was 
>exxciting!  I also managed to get her 
>“wing-on-wing” for a few minutes while 
>running, although that was pretty hard to 
>sustain! Here’s a quick video I was able to 
>shoot from the drone (nice to have an aerial 
>scouting vehicle on board to check weather or 
>what’s around the next point of land, 
>etc.)
launching and retrrieving it from a moving 
>sailboat crewed by novices was definitely 
>exciting and a little nerve-racking, but we got 
>it done.  The camera work is not great, either, 
>since the video link to my phone was full of 
>interference for some reason
possibly the VHF 
>traffic
I hadhad to fly and frame the shots 
>without really being able to see what the camera 
>was pointing at
 https://youutu.be/PyG78xToiVM 
>Olivier 
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