Sunday, 7 May 2017

Packing my paramotor

I fly a paramotor - a paraglider with a motor; and Jan and I have had some long "discussions" about it and whether it has a place on board Viridian.



Obviously I want to take it; unfortunately Jan is somewhat less enthusiastic. I don't think the problem is that she is worried about whether I crash and hurt myself, it's more that it takes up some space that could more usefully be allocated to something (anything) else.

I think it will be wonderful to fly around some of the places that we visit, here is a video of a recent flight by the river. 




Anyway we have finally agreed that I can dismantle it and store it in the front cabin whilst we are alone on the boat. Here is some time-lapse footage of me breaking down the paramotor - as you can see it ends up quite small



When we have guests on board I will find somewhere ashore to store it. I thought that was a pretty good compromise.

Anyway, although it must be said that I have had one or two mishaps as I have been learning to fly, I am now getting a bit more proficient and a bit more confident - so you can look forward to some video footage from the air.

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