24/09/2026
We had an interesting distraction from filming static buildings on Tuesday, when Julia Johnson of Fine Marketing asked for some photo and drone video footage of the PS Waverley boat coming into Newhaven in the morning, from Eastbourne and onwards to the Isle of Wight. On behalf of Newhaven Port & Properties Limited
PS Waverley is, according to their web page the world’s last seagoing paddle steamer. A beautiful boat with a distinctive paddle boat noise as it came in and out of the harbour. There were perfect conditions for filming the boat with a drone. Clear skies, almost still with no wind and as flat as a pancake on the water. We took the drone off from the eastern arm of the port, and so was able to track the boat as it headed out into open water and picked up speed.