Erik D. Jones’s Blog

Brian is in his sailing class right now. We’re staying on our boat tonight so I spent the day folding sails and cleaning up around Sizzle. It’s fun staying on the boat and we both enjoy it a lot. I also got to shoot the shit and pick the brain of my rigger Ben about this and that future project or mod to the boat.

I rode my bike over to the other side of the marina where the annual Berkeley kite festival is in full swing! There are big kites, small kites, trick kites and simple kites. Lots of kids too. Really neat event!

As you can see it’s also am amazing warm and sunny day on the Bay! I’m in shorts and a polo feeling a nice cool breeze from the water. I love this place.

I figured I’d post a few pictures and a little info about the new “baby” that Brian and I got.

Year: 1979
Over All Length: 28′
Beam: 10′
Displacement: 6900 Lbs.
Fin Keel: 2900 Lbs.
Draft:4.9′
Inboard 15 HP Yanmar Diesel
Cabin Clearance: 6′ 2″
Mast Height: 37′
Full Tilt Boogie: 6 Knots (I think she’ll do 7)

An example of what the new boat looks like.  I haven’t gotten a full shot of her yet.

This is me and my best buddy Matt’s girlfriend on my boat on our way out of the Alameda/Oakland Estuary.

This was taken during “the perfect storm”.  She’s doing great!  What you can’t see is that Christina is laughing her butt off while Matt is holding on for dear life (and handling the camera in between wimpering cries to make it all stop). hehehe  As you can see, everything looks a little sideways as we’re heeled over about 30 degrees.

Brian’s first trip on our new boat.  Awwww.

I was at the sailmaker on Saturday and met a girl kitty that looked as if she could have been jakes sister! Check it out!

Jake

Jacque?

So WordPress has released an iPhone app that I can use to blog directly from my phone! Hopefully this will encourage me to write more often. See: iphone.wordpress.org

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything. Here are some updates in brief: