So, the boat’s in the water and there haven’t been any new pictures. What’s up with that? Well, it’s tough to shoot pictures when your camera is on the bottom of the marina.

Yes, I was helping rig the boat, and as I was tightening up one of the turnbuckles, I saw a flash out of the corner of my eye and heard a plop. For a second I couldn’t figure out what happened, and then it dawned on me that my camera had squeezed out of my vest pocket and taken a leap into the water. Crap. Aside from losing the camera, I was pissed off because I had pictures from the morning’s launching of Aurora on it. I could even see the damned thing lying on the bottom! If I’d had my wits about me, I would have said something that moment to the head guy and get a diver down there to get it so I could retrieve the memory card, but I only said something about it later, when they happened to be up north. I did go back the next day with a net I fashioned on the end o three poles I duct taped together, but only succeeded in rolling it around and finally burying it (try handling a thirty+ foot-long pole that is buoyant like crazy). I’ve got my scuba gear loaded in the car for when I can get someone to spot me, although now I’m dubious that the card is any good anymore. Damn. The only thing good that came out of the incident is my new camera, a Canon SX110 IS. Slightly larger than the old one, but a killer camera, with 9MP and a 10x optical zoom.

I do have a few pix I’ll put up taken from my phone, but new, good quality ones are to follow.