Fleet 32. Noroton, Connecticut Long Island Sound, 1965

Fleet Captain: Alan Shaw Treasurer: William H. Atkinson

Roster: 84 BOLERO Christopher Horan 109 GUILLEMOT Brit Whelpley, Alan Shaw, and Alec Wiggin 175 WHISPER Jack Faulkner 199 SANDY Tom Thornton 848 RABBIT George Gebauer 853 OLE RON Bill Atkinson 1231 PLAYTYPUS Ken and Gary Coventry

Associates: Nicole Casey, Carl Goodnow, Robert D. Magin, Francis W. Nelson, Dale Phillips, Page Williamson, David Wieldt.

Fleet 34. Stonington, Connecticut Fishers Island Sound, 1965

Commodore: Eric Jones Vice Commodore: John Brousseau Treasurer: Ted Parker Secretary: Gene Fiese

Newsletter Editor: Russ Carr

2002 Season Champions: 1st Ward, Gary and Louise Woodruff, NIGHTWIND - #458 95.53 pts

2nd Bob and Lois Geary, SAGACIOUS - #1602 95.50 pts 3rd George and Nancy Bates, BONANZA - # 385 90.95 pts

The 2002 Ensign Racing Season for Fleet 34 consisted of 15 races in Fishers ...-' Island Sound and Long Island Sound. These races were hosted by the seven local

yacht clubs. In addition, 11 local boats participated in the 2002 Ensign Regional Championship for Regions II & "' in Niantic, CT. Four Fleet 34 Ensigns also par­

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ticipated in the Ensign National Regatta atToms River YC in Barnegat Bay, NJ. At season's end, the Hospice Regatta and the Fleet 34 Round the Island Race for the Bill Jones Trophy were combined for the last race of the Season around Fisher's Island on September 21 st The awards dinner was held in the fall at the home of George and Nancy Bates.

The Fleet 34 Early Series averaged 7.0 Ensigns per race and was won by Bob Geary in SAGACIOUS (96.6 pts), followed by Ward Woodruff in NIGHTWIND (91.5 pts), and Team Macina in FIREBIRD (87.1 pts). The Late Series averaged only 6.3 boats for each race and was won by Team Woodruff in NIGHTWIND (95.6 pts), followed by George and Nancy Bates in BONANZA (92.1 pts), and Bob and Lois Geary in SAGACIOUS (91.7 pts).

Overall the fleet averaged 6.7 Ensigns per race and 21 different boats partic­ipated throughout the season, up from 19 in 2001. The Season Championship was won by Ward, Gray, and Louise Woodruff in NIGHTWIND (95.53 pts) while second place went to Bob and Lois Geary in SAGACIOUS (95.50 pts) in one of the closest season championships ever. Third place for the season went to George and Nancy Bates in BONANZA (90.96 pts). The Season Championship Scoring System allows throw-outs for frequent racers. The Alice Ayers Trophy for best per­formance in June went to George and Nancy Bates in BONANZA. The Bill Leuze Trophy for most improved performance over the season was not awarded this year as no one was eligible.

Other award/regatta winners this season were as follows: Bob Geary in SA­GACIOUS won the Roberts S. Jones Trophy for the Memorial Day Race, while Russ Carr in SWOOSE won the Governor's Regatta hosted by Thames YC. The Macina Boys in FIREBIRD won the Horton One Design, George Bates in BO­NANZA won the Niantic Early Bird Regatta, the Fuller-Wadawanuck Invitational and the Ram Island YC Invitational. The Woodruff Team in NIGHTWIND picked up the rest of the hardware at Pine Island, the Masons Island Invitational and the Fishers Island Race and the Ensign ECSA Trophy. The Thames Commodores Trophy Race was canceled after a long windless day with building current. The Hospice Regatta/Bill Jones Round the Island Race at the end of the season was won by George Bates in BONANZA.

Fleet 34 consists of 20 skippers and 15 associates spanning the shoreline from Niantic, CT, to Westerly, RI. Many of the members also belong to Fleet 57 at Thames Yacht Club, New London, and the new Fleet 73 at Niantic Bay Yacht Club. Many of the members also belong to the ECA and US Sailing. In summary, we had a very busy and enjoyable sailing season in 2002 and look forward to more exciting sailing in 2003.

Roster: 11 SWOOSE Russ Carr 194 JULIE ANN Jack Maisch 301 FIREBIRD John Macina 319 TEAMWORK Walter & Jeanne Pratt

Eric & Lorena Jones 385 BONANZA George Bates 458 NIGHTWIND Ward & Louise Woodruff 473 AIRBORNE Mark Steinmetz 549 T.T.F.N. Mac Cooper 724 HIBERNIA Rich & Delia Foye 819 FRIENDLY SPIRIT Patrick Conley 981 SAM Jim & Karen Anderson 1021 DEO GRATIAS Annette Hall & Page Rogers 1046 WHITE CLOUD Louis Fehrenbach

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1070 INDESEAS Gene Fiese 1334 FEARLESS JOY Christina Dominijanni 1534 WILLIWAW Ted Parker 1602 SAGACIOUS Bob Geary

Associates: Katie Bradford, Ben Carpenter, Gerald Daly, Emily Fiese, Lois Geary, Doug Hanna, Gary Hartley, Eric Jones, Jr., Chris Macina, Michael Macina, Phil Michalowski, Jeanne Pratt, Beth Reeves, Ken Scott, Bob Shabunia

Fleet 35. Marquette, Michigan Lake Superior, 1978

Fleet Captain: Donald C. Studt Secr.lTreas: Neil J. Lynch

What a Great Summer of Fun for Fleet 35!!!

The summer was full of many highlights with great competition on beautiful Lake Superior. Wednesday nights were full of racing on Marquette bay with only one race cancelled due to the lack of wind (as usual for Lake Superior). The rac­ing was very close between first and second place boats. Zeb and crew sailed his boat EH? To a first place trophy, followed closely by L1CKETY SPLIT sailed by Jim Knape and Eva Kipper. The entire fleet was well matched and many of the final results were not determined until the final race.

Donald C. Studt

Roster: 29 EH? Eric "Zeb" Seaborg 155 BUCCANEER Wim McDonald 255 TIBURON Richard Anderson 403 PO CO SOL Mike Potts, Bill O'Conner, and Steve Solinski 650 FEELING GROOVY Julie Frazier 752 SCREAM'N ZONKER Craig Stein 786 ABOUT TIME Donald Studt 1090 DREADNOUGHT Ted Raymond 1128 PEGASUS Travis Van Neste 1205 HEELIN' LASSIE Allen Raymond 1468 LITTLE DIPPER Thomas Carollo 1576 L1CKETY SPLIT Jim Knape & Eva Kipper 1643 IRISH AYES Neil Lynch & Mike Sauer

Associates: Jacob Guter

Fleet 37. Milwaukee, Wisconsin Lake Michigan, 1966

Milwaukee Bay on Lake Michigan is home to Ensign Fleet 37. The Milwaukee Community Sailing Center is located here and offers sailing lessons for adults and boys and girls clubs. This way boats and great sailing conditions are available to the general public. The Sailing Center has modified 2 boats for use by handi­capped individuals.

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