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Fleet 61 Dillon, Colorado
Lake Dillon, 1970
Fleet Captain: Jen Pierce

Roster:
257 SHILOH
344 DOG Gary Richley
1322 BLACK CAT Chris Williams
1343 SILVERHEELS Lindsey Beasley (on Grand Lake)
1402 COLUMBINE Phillip Huff
1429 FUGUE Charlie Wrather
1489 PTARMIGAN Ron Pierce
1492 CHRISTOPHER C Tom Keesling
1517 K-SEA-K Todd Casy
1530 Ron Vonder Haar
1545 BEYOND THE STAR Phil Goedert
1546 Jim & Pat Creed
1589 HARMS WAY Larry Dubas
1642 WILDCAT Steven Weinberg

Fleet 63 Toms River, New Jersey
Barnegat Bay, 1973
Fleet Captain: Trace Dittenhofer Secretary: Mindy Cashman
Treasurer: Sheila Torpey

2022 was a season of growth for Fleet 63 on Barnegat Bay. We started our year
in early Spring with a work party to start the restoration process of #218 Amie.
The deck was removed and stripped of all hardware and the hull was prepped for
a new cabin structure, main bulkhead and deck that would later be refitted by
Ensign Spars.

In March, two boats from Fleet 63 made the trip south to Columbia SC for the
Ensign Midwinter Regatta on Lake Murray. Joe Paccione and #1511 Dolce P
finished first and Dave Willner with #1231 Platypus finished in 6 .
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The Region I championship was hosted by Chelsea Yacht club in June, and
#1231 Platypus and #1085 Lorelei made the journey north. After 4 races in fairly
light wind, Bud Brown was the defending champion.

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Our Championship season started on June 25 with weekly racing through
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September 3 with a mid-season break after week five. A total of 18 races were
held with only 1 race abandoned during week two due to heavy winds. There
were only three boats qualified for the Championship which was won this year by
#387 Smoke, skippered by Fleet 63 F/C Trace Dittenhofer.

This year we did have 2 new boats on the course- 13-year-old Jimmy Mc Cann
and #139 Brigand made it out for the last 2 weekends of racing, as well as 14-
year-old Cameron Hart and #710 Irish Mist who made it out for the last 3
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