Bosham: a little coastal village in West Sussex in the UK.
This village is close to Chichester and has a large sailing club or two.
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Very nice video and subject. I was yearning for you to follow the moving boat right at the start in more detail and zoom into the craft at 2m30s. Beautiful location and nice piloting.
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Hi Pomers, thank you for your validation. on that occasion, many sailing boats were static, except for a few motor boats. Next time I go to Bosham I will make a point to check any followable ones and see what i can do. 
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I enjoyed that!
Which drone were you using? I notice you got a fair distance from the controller. Could you actually see your drone…?
I’d love to have a go at that with my Mini 2… I doubt there would be much interference out there and with Ocusync it might not lose connection quickly
LOL
I actually live in Bosham and know the places shown in the film. (@Grazuncle) I suspect that these were several films edited together with different TOAL locations. Perhaps @guido can enlighten us?
Nevertheless, a beautiful video, beautifully shot with some excellent piloting.
Hello Photobird,
Nice to read your kind response.
Basically this was one full flight, albeit done 3 times with 3 different filters and batteries.
I have just edited out the manoeuvres which were not cinematic enough. 
I join a picture of my approximate waypoints.
TOAL location was the church ground in Bosham - next to the sailing club
Started the journey at the church - took left path and coming back by the right path.
So, I flew between the 2 sailing clubs (Bosham + Itchenor).
Never been in Bosham before but I will definitely come back some day during some sailing event and do more of that.
Guido
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Fascinating!
Which of your drones was this and how far did you get out from your location, would you estimate
@guido That’s pretty phenomenal VLOS - 2.7km max distance from church. I’m surprised you still had RC contact with the bird at that distance. I lose my M2P at about 1.5km.
If you’re struggling with your drone disappearing from view it sounds like you need to try some Strobon Cree LEDs there @Photobird and @Grazuncle
They’re recommended by 100% of people who have purchased them 
I have Firehouse ArcV strobes from the States. But whatever strobes, I suggest that 2.5km is pushing it a bit to be able to see them.
Hi Grazuncle,
I have used my DJI Mavic Air 2.
I went 2.3 km between Bosham church and Itchenor sailing club.
Hey PingSpike - I keep this in mind. Currently, I use a couple of Lume Cubes and some other less visible flashing lights. I will check this out.
Agreed Photobird, 2.3 km was a bit beyond VLOS but I was confident that if I crashed my drone it would not harm anyone - but I took the risk to lose my drone in the sea.
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Wow!
Thanks.
I’m intrigued now how you got that measurement tool for distance… LOL
Hi Grazuncle, I have used Google Map -
- point to TOAL position on map and click it.
- click on right mouse button
- a context menu pops up
- click on last option “Measure distance”
- click on end position to measure.
very useful when planning your flights.
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There is also a multi-point measurement tool built in to Drone Scene which may be of use.
I’m surprised you lost sight of it, that’s only 1.4 miles 
Strobon Cree lights required 
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That is some selection!
I just ordered a Strobon for the underside of my Mini 2… I could print off a holder in PLA but have seen a commercial ones in (ABS plastic?) and would rather use one of those. I just don’t know where to get one from in UK.
ideas?
I have just z-apoxid mine to the rear door