Jay's New Boat - in HD!!

Columbus Day Weekend, 2009.

Rather than brave the cold and rainy weather in my pop-up camper this Columbus Day weekend, I found a more creative way to guarantee I'd be taking mucinex this Tuesday morning.

I'll recap in reverse. Monday was our final Fall-Ball softball game. 5 people showed up from the other team. We played 7-on-7 with an all-time pitcher, and a umpire/catcher. It was wet. It was cold. It was NOT picture worthy.

Sunday, I braved 38 degree temperatures as I tailgated with Cleveland Browns fans as frustrated and embarassed to be wearing jerseys as the rest of us local Bills fans. It was oddly comforting how we shared a bond of sympathy for the other as we peacefully coincided through our various taligate rituals.

At one point, some Bills fans challenged the Cleveland group to a game of flip cup. Even here there was more patriotism and competitive nature when they intermingled to represent their sex in a "guys" vs "girls" match, than when they played to represent their NFL team. Painfully sad.

And Saturday, rather that camp in the cold, I found it more favorable to go fishing on a wind-beaten Niagara River. In shorts. Genius.

But I did get to use my 2010 DEC Fishing License by catching ZERO fish, and I was able to try out my new Sanyo XACTI FH1 HD camera/camcorder, with the satisfying results posted below:

Jay's boat, with cover.

Jay's boat, alsowith cover.

Uncovered. Testing bilge pump (success!)

**First HD video on ChasingTowers. Cheers! (Format = avi, converted from MP4. Right click -> "save target as". Files can be big!)

Picture from the water (just getting the hand of lighting effects)

HD video showing a fair assessment of the boat's speed.

More video. Gin and juice.

euphomus is a semi-weekly columnist for ChasingTowers. He can be reached by emailing euphomus@ChasingTowers.com.

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