a behind the scenes look at the awesome race today




set myself a goal to race , party and get a same day edit up.

its light on action....

Thanks for the cool vid as i worked doh!!!!!!!

Sick stuff Matt

Great Job, Matt!

very cool.

Awesome video, thanks for getting it online so quickly

FAT TIME all 4 days are a must ,i like a lot
tar matt

Thanks Matt, really enjoyed post-race interview with Steve Allen.

thanks for the great vid. Interview with Steve particularly interesting, one day the marks will be made easily visible.

Looking back on it -she is a rough edit for sure

In a surge of inspiration on the thursday night before the event i decided to set myself the challenge of shooting pre race interviews, racing , shoot the presos and then getting a quick and nasty edit done.

The Race was really enjoyable- technical gusty wind with some really light patches

I have been tuning up some Severne NCXs (on RDM wave masts and cheap ally booms) as i have this crazy idea that no cams can be competitive with cam sails.
CAN NOT TALK THESE SAILS UP ENOUGH.

No cams, easy rigging, fast, massive wind range, light - very sweet to gybe.

I am confident that with some more tuning and technique there is actually quite a lot more speed on offer than what i extracted The 7.5 had heaps of power for the 10 - 16 knots that was on offer down the course. I set her a bit tight in the leech and let the sail just touch the boom - no adjustable outhaul.

I actually had the edit done by 8.50 (the presos finished at 7.40 ish ) but had a hiccup with Telstra and my mobile data connection. 3 calls to the philippines had that sorted out in 40 minutes.

My entire low profile camera (DSLRS) and edit suite (Macbook air/ thunderbolt drive) weighs less than 7 kg and all fits into a backpack - technology is amazing these days.

Got the edit done (flew through it on the Macbook air (via proxies if you must know) ) and got myself into the event village for some beers for the last half hour of festivities.

Newson, Severne and Milky were in fine form with the hijinks!