hello from america's cup

charleslim · 18th May 2006

hi guys charleslim here, I have been AWOLed from this forum for awhile, anyway with good reason. I got selected to sail for China in the America's Cup. So here I am in Valencia Spain racing on AC boats. I brought all my camera gear with me, but it's real difficult to get time to snap a few shots. Tried to fixed this problem by getting myslef a Olympus waterproof and 'shockproof' idiot camera. But guess what? I dropped it from less than 1.5m onto the carbon deck of the boat and now the LCD refuse to show anything. It still takes pictures, but it is impossible to take a decent shot without the lcd screen.
Anyway I am going to FEDEX it back and let me wife deal with it.

anyway I started a blog since specific to my adventures racing on america's cup. it's http://sotong.typepad.com/

please check it out and laugh

sehsuan · 19th May 2006

Good to hear from you Charles!

I received your Skype invite, but haven't gotten round to installing it

I presume you dont have much time with the SLR on deck?

Kind of lost in the technical mumbo jumbo of deck gear... hope you're having a great time! Do your best!

charleslim · 20th May 2006

Tried to once, got the 1dsmark2 onboard, but I didn't get a chance to use it. Was too busy grinding and moving sails.

rueyloon · 20th May 2006

wow, this is cool

hope you have time to get some great photos, recently I had the chance to meet Ellen McArthur, and also go on board the B n Q

although I don't sail it was quite a feeling being on board that boat.

cheers

jdredd · 22nd May 2006

wow america's cup racing.. how cool.

im not surprised you have no time to snap pics... AC racing not like those more leisurely long haul races..

18th May 2006	#1
charleslim Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: singapore Posts: 169	hello from america's cup hi guys charleslim here, I have been AWOLed from this forum for awhile, anyway with good reason. I got selected to sail for China in the America's Cup. So here I am in Valencia Spain racing on AC boats. I brought all my camera gear with me, but it's real difficult to get time to snap a few shots. Tried to fixed this problem by getting myslef a Olympus waterproof and 'shockproof' idiot camera. But guess what? I dropped it from less than 1.5m onto the carbon deck of the boat and now the LCD refuse to show anything. It still takes pictures, but it is impossible to take a decent shot without the lcd screen. Anyway I am going to FEDEX it back and let me wife deal with it. anyway I started a blog since specific to my adventures racing on america's cup. it's http://sotong.typepad.com/ please check it out and laugh

19th May 2006	#2
sehsuan Deregistered Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 6,674	Re: hello from america's cup Good to hear from you Charles! I received your Skype invite, but haven't gotten round to installing it I presume you dont have much time with the SLR on deck? Kind of lost in the technical mumbo jumbo of deck gear... hope you're having a great time! Do your best!

20th May 2006	#3
charleslim Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: singapore Posts: 169	Re: hello from america's cup Tried to once, got the 1dsmark2 onboard, but I didn't get a chance to use it. Was too busy grinding and moving sails.

20th May 2006	#4
rueyloon Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,539	Re: hello from america's cup wow, this is cool hope you have time to get some great photos, recently I had the chance to meet Ellen McArthur, and also go on board the B n Q although I don't sail it was quite a feeling being on board that boat. cheers __________________ 36frames Wedding Photography - http://www.36frames.com rueyloon - http://www.rueyloon.com

22nd May 2006	#5
jdredd Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,273	Re: hello from america's cup wow america's cup racing.. how cool. im not surprised you have no time to snap pics... AC racing not like those more leisurely long haul races..