Glenn Ashmore wrote:

I have some footage of building Rutu. About as exciting as watching grass
grow. When the really exciting things like the roll over and pouring the
keel happen everyone is to busy to mess with a camera. Rest of the time I
work alone and can't handle the camera because of the epoxy on my gloves.
Set the camera up once to film while I was working on the main pump board.
Got some great pictures of my butt. :-)


A video of your roll over would have been interesting.

I agree with you. It's hard to get good shots of what we should have
taken shots of. Editing is a skill.

I have built several boats and didn't think to film it, or the
technology wasn't there. A stop action film of a fiberglass project I
did 5 years ago would be very nice to have today to remind me of what I
accomplished.

I'm planning to think more about using my movie function. Until now I
ignored it.

I have a video taken on one of the Transpac races I have done. We duct
taped the camera to the stern pulpit while surfing down some waves
approaching the Molakai Channel.

We took a "power round down", back winded the main, lost a chute that
was on deck. We all laughed through it, even though it was a train wreck.

The camera angles are all wrong, the quality is awful, but it catches a
GREAT moment.

I'll have to get that one posted (to an appropriate group) once I get it
digitized.

Post what you have, I'd like to see it.