Subject: Re: Sailing On & Above The Water Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:40 am
Finally got time to check this out and all I can say is WOW!! That is cool footage Gary. Did you know the guy or was it just a random buzz, right place/right time deal? Would be awesome if he had a helmet cam of you sailing at the same time. Looked like a great evening to be out there and the full moon was a nice touch.
Gary Admin
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Subject: Re: Sailing On & Above The Water Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:48 pm
It was the first time out on this sailboat, having just purchased it. . We were using the kicker, making lists of things that needed repaired, adjusted, missing and such. Three of these birds showed up, and this guy circled us at just the right time.
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Subject: Re: Sailing On & Above The Water Mon Mar 11, 2013 6:27 pm
Cool video, I had a similar situation on Chickamauga Lake in 2001. I had no video recorder at that time, too bad. It was a homemade two person amphibian plane. My son and I were sailing near the dam when we spotted the plane coming from the southwest, circled us a couple times then to our surprise, landed or what ever they call it, (watered the plane) less than thirty feet from us. Then made his way to a nearby dock at this super nice mansion. Got out and went in for a couple hours then came back out and then left, flying right past us again. My son thought it was so cool, he talked about it for days.
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Subject: Re: Sailing On & Above The Water Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:07 pm
Thanks for sharing that Gary!
Gary Admin
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Subject: Re: Sailing On & Above The Water Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:30 pm
I had not seen that video in some time. I just did some tweaks to the video to make it look better.