It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Fish? No, Sausalito's AquaMan is Here!

Sausalito has its very own member of the Justice League. I know, because I saw him on Father's Day from the very cool Bar Bocce that my family took me to. We had just finished a game of bocce ball and collected our first round of refreshments when "AquaMan" decided to crank up his jet pack and start flying around in the bay in front of us.

What? No cape?!

For just a smidge under $100,000, the JetLev R200 can be yours and you too can fly 28 feet in the air with the help of a pump you drag along the water below you. It is pretty impressive to see in person. Like a helicopter, he hovered in the air and then angled himself forward to go rocketing off to another part of the San Francisco Bay.

I'm almost completely certain the owner of this JetLev is single. I mean think about the conversation you'd have with your wife about purchasing a JetLev.

Wife: "You want to buy a jet pack for the water?"
You: "Yes! It will be so cool!"

Wife: "How much is it?"
You: "$99,500. It's not like it's a whole $100,000!"

Wife: "Is this something we can do together?"
You: "Ummm. You can watch me and if I get close enough to shore I can spray you with the jets of water."

Or, for $84,000, you could have this instead.

This is just not a conversation that is going to go well. It turns out that $100,000 actually buys you a lot in the way of water entertainment if you give up on the idea of flying. If you are willing to be on the water instead of flying above it on a suped up waterpik, there is currently a 53-foot sailing yacht for sale in Sausalito for $84,000. Sure, you aren't flying, but good luck sipping champagne and getting frisky with a special someone in the JetLev. If you own a JetLev, that is just one of many "solo activities" you'll probably enjoy. If you own a yacht instead, you can sail all the way across the bay from Sausalito to Tiburon with other people. 

For those of you considering getting your own JetLev and thinking to yourself, "What could possibly go wrong? There's no way I could embarrass myself with something so cool!" Then, as a public service announcement, I leave you with this video.