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Another Measure of Megayacht Sailing Size

Sometimes just looking at a big boat doesn’t give you a realistic idea of just how big she is. To get a good idea of how big some of the boats were at the St. Barth Bucket this year, check out 1:58 and the next 10 seconds here. As you’ll see, the mast truck looks as big as a double bunk!

For extra credit, go to 3:50 to see why we have an office for three months at St. Barth each winter. If you go to the top of the frame at 3:56, that’s our home on the hook for ‘ti Profligate and La Gamelle. Yes, it’s as good as it looks.

The video was shot by Pigeon Vision, and while some of it is a little repetitive, we think they did a nice job given the fact that the event ended a short time ago and that this was probably one of their earlier efforts. It’s not easy to shoot this stuff, and as anyone who has edited video can tell you, it takes forever.

The drone used was a DJI Phantom 2 with a GoPro camera. This is the same equipment that we planned to use to shoot the Bucket — until ours did a ‘flyaway’ as we attempted to film megayachts leaving Simpson Lagoon in St. Martin. You can read about that fiasco in the April issue Sightings.

The drones are so back-ordered that it takes weeks if not more than a month to get one. We’re supposed to get our replacement in time for the Voiles de St. Barth, but we’ll probably spend most of the series racing aboard Steve Schmidt’s SC70 Hotel California, Too. Besides, our biggest interest is shooting aerials of anchorages and other sailing scenery. We’re happy to leave the race coverage — it’s a hell of a lot of work to do well — to others.

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