Clayton, I fully agree, but we live about 600 miles apart and that would just about kill my -day- sailing! And a new 31R is a bit out the top of my budget. Maybe a good used one, cheap!

I had a partnership racing a J24 years ago and it worked out very well. As you know, racing sails are expensive so it was nice to split everything 3 ways. We took turns driving and crewing and when not racing we had a schedule for using the boat for cruising. I got the most use out of it because I usually worked on the weekends if I wasn't racing, so I could use it during the week. The other two guys worked mostly M-F, 9-5. We did race together on Tuesday and Thursday nights too.

It was great fun but we all got along well and none of us were married at the time...which is probably why we got along! No hidden agendas, no wives to tell us we were gone too much. Just sailing , racing, drinking beer and having fun. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />