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front mast extension for go pro,anyone made one ?

Created by Tardy Tardy  > 9 months ago, 16 Jul 2017
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Tardy
Tardy

5292 posts

16 Jul 2017 4:17pm
kinda new to go pro ,but its hard to get a good shot or movie on how your sailing .
I do put it on my garth helmet ,
I have watched a few you tube clip where guys have ,looks like a carbon
extension on the front of their mast and can vid yourself on both sides of the sail.
looks great.can you buy these or has anyone made one i can copy .
heres a helmet shot but had to look down to capture the board in action.
joe windsurf
joe windsurf

1482 posts

16 Jul 2017 7:47pm
that is the one mount I have NOT tried yet ....
tried pretty much every other one ...
joewindsurfer.blogspot.com/2012/12/gopro-hero.html
think Cluffy has made the broken boom mount ...
the videos have almost any mount imaginable !!
Tardy
Tardy

5292 posts

16 Jul 2017 8:09pm
Hey ...thanks joe .
what a great little vid.
and some good angles .
the one on the front of the board was pretty good .
maybe I should try that first ..with a tall mount ...San fran looks great for sailing .
mark62
mark62

509 posts

17 Jul 2017 3:27am
Hey Tardy, here's a picture of my boom mount effort. The pictures self explanatory. The arm length is around 50cm







Tardy
Tardy

5292 posts

17 Jul 2017 4:02am
Hi mark ,thanks for sharing .
great angle .
and nice sailing .
i just happen to have a old boom laying around .

i best get to work on it .

i guess you just loosen the screws to turn the boom clamp around .your s looks to be a metre ..
John340
John340

QLD

3373 posts

17 Jul 2017 8:56am
Gybing would be interesting. Might be time to polish up the duck gybing.
Tardy
Tardy

5292 posts

17 Jul 2017 7:29am
Yeah sheet didn't think of that.but the vid I saw .the guy was gybing all the time .but his was a high shaft with a upward bend.
mark62
mark62

509 posts

17 Jul 2017 7:34am
The boom arm in the video was 1 meter long (I attached a piece of broken mast to it to make it 1 meter long) like john340 says, at 195cm tall, fir me it was a nightmare to gybe/tack. Straight lining only!

The boom arm in the photo is my latest version. Maui Sails boom head (my first one keep't slipping) and I've taken the mast section off. The new length is 50cm. Hopefully I'll be able to tack with it??
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