Horizon True - Camera Mounts and Waterproof Video Cameras

This is the first of a few videos I will edit from our trip to the Virgin Islands, Racing on "Safara" a Andrews 72, in the Rolex St Thomas Regatta!  We learned so much and this video has some good training for all....especially how hard it is to bring down a large spinnaker....don't let it get in the water!!  Watch as we tackle this problem!

Thanks to Jim and Randee Hurst of Safe Passage Sailing, we all had a great time sailing!  Brian and Rich were very patient with us "beer can" racers teaching us the ropes of a large 72 foot yacht!  Our fleet was put with a group of TP 52s and a couple of other very racy boats while the rest of us were cruising boats so we basically won the cruising division, or as Brian put it we won the "furniture division".  I still am smiling as Brian handed me the helm while holding a good groove up wind, tacking and even rounding a mark until the jib blew out...not my fault a batten gave way and shreaded the upper part of the sail.  Great fun!! You too can have this same adventure, see www.safepassagesailing.com

More video of this trip to come!!  New back stay mount worked great!

Today we test our skills or earn them as we train on Safara a beautiful 72 foot Yacht!  Two days of training then racing begins on Friday.  Hope to have some video tonight.  First trial of our new back stay mount!

Ready to try out our newest mount in St. Thomas!  Here is a unedited pic of the prototype mount. I mounted it to a rod simulating a back stay.  I will get some pics of it in action.  Stay tuned!

I just pulled out the mast mount adapter from the P5000 mount and lowered the price.  I've been getting a lot of requests for this so I listened, thank-you!

I Stopped by Concept and Consulting today to see the progress of our mounts.  The hydraulic bodies are the most detailed and take the longest time.  There is very little tolerance!  Here are some pictures.

Below you can see part just before it is removed from the Mazak machine.  (you can tell I'm not a machinist)

Our newest mount will be tested in the Virgin Islands while filming from Safara a 72 foot Alan Andrews design in the Rolex ST Thomas Regatta.  The newest mount will accept the hydraulic dampener from the P5000 model.  So, if you already have our Horizon True P5000, you will be able to convert over to our new back stay adapter for more filming options!

O Video has multiple locations across Europe and we are working with them to help our European customers to receive Horizon True products easier and more economical.  Check them out!

Has anyone purchased the backpack extra battery or LCD screen for the GoPro?  I'm considering adding this to my line of camera accessories and plan on trying them out, I'll let you know what I think.