I see someone did some drone flights near the Liners in Torbay last year but with the current crop of liners out in Weymouth bay they seem to be about 10k feet out .
Ive got a new MA2 and think I could reach it from shore but suspect it will be at the max of the MA2 CE range … (and yes i will be looking for a following wind for the return)
Thoughts?
Yep, (Cunard) Queen Victoria, Queen Mary 2, (P&O) Azure
You can find the precise position of any Cruise ship in the World here:
There is a shit load off the Isle of Wight.
Yep there are a lot of them around here but seems closest (!) at Weymouth … but 10000 ft out , about 3km , should be in range with decent wind conditions.
I’m along the coast at Bournemouth so you can even see them moored up out here but they are about 5 miles out … Weymouth looks doable …
If I am wrong I will need to buy a new drone lol
I wish I had the eyesight you guys have. I lose my Mavic Air even over sea after the first 400 metres 
That’s another debate about VLOS but i think part of the land there is mod firing range stuff that needs to be avoided.
Think that’s within the range of the MA2 …i feel a short trip coming in (it’s about an hour from me) … someone around dusk should get some nice shots i imagine…
Timing is everything … woke up to this sitting 3km offshore so the Drone paid her a visit. Video will come out later.
According to my controller , from where I was it was over 3km - I had to extend the max range to get to it … draw a line from the ship to Southbourne cliffs 
Ah - that may be - you said “offshore”.
next time I will use the wording 'offshore from where I stood" 
