I used the self adhesive mount on the bow for a bit but I wasn't thrilled with the angle.
So I got some 1/4-20 allthread and cut it to about 8" long. I drilled a hole in the top of the bow eye and used a couple nuts to hold it to the boat. At the camera end I used the tripod mount. It works ok and gets a little better angle than the deck mount but it requires a hole in the boweye.
So for the next option I got the suction cup and tried it on the stern. It was better but the angle was still too low and I wanted to get it up higher. I couldn't find any exyension arms or something similar to buy ready made for a reasonable price so I decided to make my own.
I took a broken carbon tiller extension and cut it down to 18" long. At each end I epoxied a 1/4-20 bolt with about 3/4" of the thread sticking out.
Using:
GoPro Suction Cup Mount
2 GoPro tripod mounts
miscellaneous pieces from the GoPro Grab Bag of Mounts
& the above mentioned cut-down tiller extension
I made a mount like this.
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It took a little work to get the angle right and to attach the guy lines. What I found worked best was to tie the upper guys with a large bowline to the traveller fairleads and from there I ran a line under the gunwale around the stern to each bowline to tighten it up. I tied a loop into the back part and then attached a lower guy to add some stability. [ATTA CH]7446[/ATTACH][ATT ACH]7447[/ATTACH][AT TACH]7448[/ATTACH][ATT ACH]7449[/ATTACH][ATT ACH]7450[/ATTACH]
It worked pretty well through a week of clinic even with capsizes and getting caught with the mainsheet in the occasional bad gybe. Getting all the joints as tight as possible was important as well as taking most of the slack out of the guy lines (a couple early tries had the mount slowly sagging backwards until it dragged in the water). Now that I have it set up I plan to replace the thumb screws on the various pieces with screws to make it a little smoother and have that much less to snag the mainsheet on.
Here's a screen shot of the resulting view: [ATTA CH]7451[/ATTACH]
the surf mount requires a big smooth surface that is no where on a laser apart from underneath the water line
why not use their mount designed for surf boards?
http://gopro.com/camera-mounts/surf-hero-expansion/
I'd definitely buy a mount like that, although considering how often I still catch my mainsheet on the transom, I'm not sure I wouldn't rip that off constantly. Do you give a huge pull on the sheet above the block during a gybe to keep the excess in the boat?
The deck in front of the mast is not big enough? Since it is designed for surf boards I would think that the adhesive is designed for rough surfaces as surf boards have some sort of grip on the topside
Ok so I dont own this site thats linked below but i came across it when i asked a guy of youtube about his camera mounts and this is from his blog
http://www.jdeutsch.com/2011/02/13/gopro-laser-mounting/
I think its a really useful account showing you how all his cameras are mounted...lots of the shots i never would have thought of..