Yacht Pics from Drones...

You might do well to invest in a new timepiece.

There was one a couple of hours before the one you just made in the rogues and ugly boats thread.

And one at 8 AM wanting a sailboat. Not many generally from 3 or 4 AM to 8 AM.

I watched this some time ago on you tube. The amazing thing was that the FD was there and just letting it burn. I'd like to know the rest of this story.

Yeah, sorry about that. I've had issues with them in the past. Everything seems to be running okay now.

On the yacht fire; I was cruising for that footage of the Costa Concordia when I came across that last video. It just seemed so strange to see a vessel pulled out of the water and on fire. I thought someone here might know more about it.

Ha, I haven't heard that phrase in a long time, thanks for the laugh.

Actually did just that off of Capri. 12 gauge semi auto..only took one shot.

My pleasure

I'm getting pretty annoyed about all the regulations on drones here in the U.S. The 5 miles radius of airports/helipads is pretty ridiculous considering how many there are. For anyone familiar with San Diego, I would like to fly at Fiesta Island, which is 3 miles north of San Diego airport. Per FAA regulations, you must notify them that you are flying, and not requiring you get permission. I got permission once and then they keep saying I can't fly because no one is allowed to fly within 5 miles of the airport. I'm all for Saftey but if a plane is flying out of the flight path of a single runway airport at an AGL of 400', there is more things to be worried about that a quad flying. Additionally, there is a small runway south of Fiesta Island for model aircraft to use for their flights. I'd surmise to say that it wouldn't have gotten approval to be built if it was considered a risk. I appologize for the rant but it is getting pretty ridiculous for those abiding by the law whereas the problems will come from those who do not.

Maybe the big yachts need someone trained in Falconry or Eaglery ? .......

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/dutch-police-train-eagles-to-tackle-drones

Here are a few random amateur vids from a phantom 3 drone. All shot with the drone at <100 feet, which is the rule to follow at least here in Europe (afaik) if you want to be sure of not getting into trouble with airport authorities

first one, Mallorca nr cala d'or, Squadron 65, Sq 58, Princess/Viking 57, Squadron 78, GL Watson custom


Squadron 78, Antibes, with some underwater lights/girls swimming 2nd half


Fireworks, new years 1.1.2016, Cannes, France


Underwater lights

Opsss!!!

A friend and I ran my boat from Sturgeon Bay WI to Milwaukee last weekend. He brought his Phantom 4 and shot some video on the way out...

That's cool.
Drones will put Boatpics out of business !

I'd have to check but that's inconsistent with my understanding.

I'd be interested in seeing where that regulation is in writing. I feel it's a pretty common drone use.

I searched and couldn't find anything readily available. I don't really believe that there is a regulation against that, especially at sea. I'd honestly go for it. The worst case would be the FAA saying take down the video and then you could get a citation source for the code. I really don't think it's against FAA regulations, it would have come up many times by now.