a behind the scenes look at the awesome race today
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!
FAT TIME 
all 4 days are a must ,i like a lot 
