Erik D. Jones’s Blog

On Saturday January 31st, I will be embarking on a new journey.  It will be a test of leadership, strength and skill.  It is a doublehanded sailboat race!  I’m hoping that my sailing buddy, Alastair, will be able to join me as crew, otherwise I’ll be on a mad hunt for my crewmember to accompany me on this race.

This will be Sizzle’s first race.  I have applied for racing numbers and a Performance Handicap Racing Committee (PHRC) rating for my boat.  The sailmaker is working on adapting my two large sails for the new roller furler I had installed this summer and will affix my sail numbers to my main sail once I get my assignment.  I’ve wanted to try out racing and it looks like I’m going to go into it feet first!  They’re expecting up to 300 boats to enter the 3 Bridges race!!  More details to come!