What a regatta livestream shows

Pictures from the water, from shore and, where permitted, from the air. The production gallery ashore mixes everything into one broadcast. It goes out on a channel we agree with you, for example your YouTube channel.

What the livestream includes

Broadcast on every booked race day, during that day's races; a holding slate during breaks
Production gallery ashore; replays and dedicated programme audio where agreed in the proposal
Your live tracking on screen, as picture-in-picture or full screen, for example during postponements
Recording of every broadcast day after the event

Cameras: coach boat, drone, onboard camera

Air: aerial footage where the venue allows it and the permit is in place.
On board: onboard cameras on request, after a connectivity test and agreement with the class and the race committee.
Water: one camera in the coach boat for shots from the fleet and for interviews.
Ashore: one camera on land and one stills camera that sends selected images, encrypted, straight to photo editing.
Production gallery ashore: this is where all the pictures become the broadcast.
Transmission from the water, our concept: onboard cameras and the coach boat camera send individually over the mobile network to a dedicated server and from there to the gallery.
Internet ashore: at the gallery position we need a wired connection reserved for the production only.

Before every livestream we test connectivity and continuous operation on site. If connectivity is not good enough, a fallback plan agreed in advance kicks in.

Technical concept for your technical team

Onboard cameras: smartphones with a streaming app; each device sends via SRT, a secure transmission protocol, over the mobile network to a dedicated server
Drone feed by cable straight into the production gallery ashore
Stills: Sony A7 IV, selected images via FTPS straight to photo editing
Production with vMix; replays and dedicated programme audio where agreed in the proposal
Internet at the gallery position: wired, reserved for the production, at least 100 Mbit/s download and upload

Drone flights only with a permit for the venue in question. We do not fly over crowds, such as spectators in the harbour or on the pontoon.

Connectivity on the water and ashore

Our concept: onboard cameras and the coach boat camera send individually over the mobile network to a dedicated server and from there to the gallery. At the gallery position we need wired internet, reserved for the production, with at least 100 Mbit/s download and upload; guest Wi-Fi is not enough. Before every livestream we test connectivity and continuous operation on site.

Commentary, graphics, tracking data

We build your event's live tracking into the stream, in coordination with the tracking provider, as picture-in-picture or full screen, for example during postponements. We integrate your commentators into the broadcast technically; commentary by us is not included.

In development, not yet in use: our own graphics with positions and results.

Working with the race committee

Before the event

Briefing with your race committee: positions of the coach boat and drone, times and zones for drone flights, schedule on race days
Permit for drone flights where the venue allows it; list of boats for onboard cameras if agreed; approval to integrate the tracking
Test of internet and continuous operation on site
Content plan and social media guidelines with your media team, one week ahead

On race day

Set-up before the first start, broadcast during the races, take-down after the last race of the day
If the programme changes, the gallery and coach boat adjust their positions in agreement with the race committee.
Booked photos are ready the same day. Your proposal sets out exactly what you get and when.

After the event

Recording of the livestream
booked aftermovie, delivery time per proposal
Short social media report, deadline in the proposal

On the water your race committee has the final say, including over the coach boat and the drone.

When the wind or the network won't play along

For every typical risk it is clear in advance what happens and what you still get.

Postponement, abandonment or no racing

thenThe stream pauses with a holding slate or goes on air later; if conditions are too rough for the coach boat, it stays in the harbour.

You still getwhat you booked, as far as possible ashore, such as photos, interviews and pieces from the harbour.

Internet ashore goes down

thenSwitch to a backup route, checked in advance for each venue.

You still getThe broadcast continues, possibly after a short interruption.

Connectivity on the water is not good enough

thenThe affected cameras drop out; the drone and the cameras ashore keep sending.

You still getA livestream with fewer angles; we transfer booked photos once ashore.

No broadcast possible at all

thenThe gallery records.

You still getA summary of the day, delayed.

The drone is not allowed to fly

thenPictures from the coach boat and from ashore.

You still getA livestream with the remaining angles.

A device or a person drops out

thenA spare device or a stand-in; we agree in writing before the event who stands in.

You still getthe agreed scope; if that is not possible, we tell you straight away and record the change in writing.

The programme changes

thenThe gallery and coach boat adjust their positions in agreement with the race committee.

You still getA broadcast on the new schedule.

What this means for the fee and what applies if the event is cancelled is set out in your proposal. Rules for weather, connectivity and cancellation

Youth regattas and consent

Before signing, we clarify who holds the media rights for your event: club, class or federation. At a class’s European and World Championships, the class association and World Sailing are involved.

Livestream and racing images

The legal basis is legitimate interests, combined with information for all participants. Individual consent from everyone would hardly be workable, because a withdrawal would have to stop the broadcast.
Portraits, named interviews, advertising

Only with voluntary consent, in separate modules.
Minors

Close-ups, interviews and names only with consent from parents or guardians, and for teenagers their own consent as well. For youth regattas we agree the livestream with you separately in advance.
Joint responsibility

You and REACH are jointly responsible for the coverage of your event. A short agreement, which we provide, sets this out.

We provide

Privacy notice for the noticeboard and website, consent modules, media clause, joint controllership agreement
We obtain consent for interviews and portraits on site ourselves.

You take care of

Publishing the media clause and privacy notice
Informing participants through the notice of race and entry, using our templates
Informing the crews about the onboard cameras, including audio from on board

Objections at the event: the person contacts you or us. We leave them out of close-ups and interviews and remove reported images from the gallery and channels. We agree the exact procedure in advance.

Guide: image rights at youth regattas

This section is not legal advice; our templates are drafts. Sources: World Sailing Regulations 2025, Reg. 13.1; BayLDA (Bavarian data protection authority), practical guide “Bilder und Verein” (in German); Wissenschaftliche Dienste des Bundestags (German Bundestag research services), WD 10 3000 058/20 (in German); Landessportbund Sachsen, “Datenschutz: Fotos im Verein” (in German).

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