An essay written by Peter Kogut and Jonathan Gorbold describing how to drain water from the keel of an Ensign for winter storage has been added to the library. Use this link for direct access: Ensign Keel Drain Plug . The Rules Committee Decisions page has been updated with two new decisions. See Rules Committee Decisions . The dates of the 2025 Mid-Winter Regatta have been changed to March 28-30, 2025. Seven Ensigns competed on Labor Day for Fleet 34’s ninth race of the season. With nice winds out of the North, the Niantic Bay Yacht Club (NBYC) Race Committee conducted two windward, leeward, finish races. Six boats out of the Niantic Bay Yacht Club (NBYC) were joined by Teamwork out of the Thames Yacht Club in New London CT. The full report is available at this link: Fleet 34 Report - Race 9 - NBYC- September 2, 2024
Fleet 34 has filed a report on their participation in the Mason's Island Regatta on Saturday, August 24, 2024. The report also contains year-to-date standings for the boats in Fleet 34. The full report is available under Fleet Reports or by using this link: Fleet 34 Report - Mason's Island Regatta - August 24 2024 .
The 2024 Summer edition of the ECA Newsletter has been posted to the Library section of the ECA website. The report and results for the 2024 Region II/III Championship Regatta have been posted to Regatta Results. The 2023 ECA Yearbook has been posted to the website as both a FlipBook and a static PDF. You can also access the ECA Yearbook through the Library. Bill Shea has provided us with 30 photos of Charlie Shoemaker. The album can be accessed here: Charlie Shoemaker . These photos are Copyright by Bill Shea and can be used only to commemorate the life of Charlie Shoemaker. Charles Shoemaker, a three-time ECA National Champion and an inductee into the Ensign Hall of Fame, passed away on June 4, 2024. Click here for his obituary. Fleet 34 has posted news of their Memorial Day sailing event. See under Fleet Reports or click here. Long time sailor, Mike Frankovich who was a Barnegat Bay sailor, a member of Island Heights Yacht Club, an accomplished Ensign sailor and crewed for Greg Eiffert in several of his National Championship efforts, passed away on May 18, 2024. Mike's obituary can be found here : 8 Bells - Mike Francovich .
Click here for a drone video of the 2021 Region 1 Championship The 2020 ECA Yearbook has been published as a FlipBook. Click here, or go to the Library Two articles have been added to the Library. A product review of Removable Boarding Ladders and an article about Distance Race sponsored by Fleet 2 in Houston.
Registration is now open for the 2021 ECA National Championship Regatta. Click here for more information. The Winter 2021 issue of the ECA Newsletter has been posted to the Library. Click here for a PDF copy The 2021 ECA Midwinter Regatta on Lake Murray, HAS BEEN CANCELLED
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The ECA promotes Ensign Class racing, maintains the one-design features of the Ensign sailboat and promotes the use of the Ensign as a family boat for recreational sailing.
The Pearson Ensign, or Ensign 22, is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Carl Alberg as a one-design racer and day sailer and first built in 1962. It is the largest full-keel one-design keelboat class in the United States. The Ensign is a development of the Pearson Electra.
Buy a brand-new Ensign! To buy a brand new Ensign, with the options you prefer, contact Bob Conkey or Greg Collins at Ensign Spars, Inc. in Cleveland, OH, the official builder of the …
Consider this: The Ensign is the only sailboat from Pearson Yachts that is still in production today — and Pearson has been closed for close to 3 decades. Now isn't that a true test of time! …
Early boats sold for $2,500, but Ensign Spars is offering the new Classic Ensigns at a base price of $27,500 with fiberglass cockpit seats and floors. When you add sails, safety …
Pearson Ensign is a 22′ 6″ / 6.9 m monohull sailboat designed by Carl Alberg and built by Pearson Yachts between 1962 and 1982.
The Ensign Class Association promotes and develops one design racing under uniform class rules, and rigidly maintains the one design features of the Ensign. New Ensigns continue to be manufactured by Ensign Spars, Inc., in …
Ensign Sailboat Returns. Classic Alberg-designed keelboat has a new builder. By David McCreary. June 28, 2004. More than 20 years since the last new Ensign was built, a Florida company has begun production of new …
Today we introduce our Pearson Ensign project. We have been hired to renew the interior of this classic sailboat. #Pearsonensign#pearsonsailboat#teakwood.