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Ensign Class Association Rules
January 18, 2020
Part I. Organization
1. NAME: The name of this organization shall be the Ensign Class Association.
2. OBJECT:
A. To promote and develop Ensign class racing under uniform rules and to maintain rigidly
the one-design feature of the Ensign.
B. To promote the use of the Ensign as a family boat for recreational sailing.
C. To promote the education of the public, and particularly the youth in sailing in general
and sailboat racing; to promote safe sailing and boat handling, to promote compliance with
the Rules of US SAILING known as "Racing Rules of Sailing" (RRS); to educate the public
and particularly the youth on the proper and necessary equipment of sail boats.
3. Emblem/Burgee: The Emblem of the Ensign Class Association shall be the red block
letter “E” surrounded by six blue stars arranged as shown (see Emblem Diagram). The
burgee of the Ensign Class Association shall be a white dovetailed burgee having a red
stripe along the upper and lower edge and the Ensign Class Emblem vertically centered in
the field. The dovetail angle shall be 120 degrees. The red stripe width shall be
approximately 10% of the height of the burgee at the center of the Ensign Class Emblem.
The block E is 25% of the height of the burgee at the location of the block letter E. The
diameter of the circle of the centers of the stars on the burgee shall be twice the height of
the block letter E. The upper and lower edges on the burgee are tapered 4 degrees
towards the center of the dovetail.
4. CLASS DESIGN: The boat is a 22 1/2-foot fiberglass keel-type sloop designed by Carl
A. Alberg, originally manufactured by the Pearson Corporation, introduced in 1962 as the
Electra Day Sailor, and subsequently renamed the Ensign.
5. ORGANIZATION AND MEMBERSHIP:
A. Any owner or bona fide charterer of an Ensign may apply for membership in the
Association. They shall join, if possible, through an Ensign fleet on whose waters they
normally sail. The power to accept or reject an application for membership is vested in each
fleet, but any application is subject to refusal, for cause, by the Governing Committee.
B. The fleet, a territorial branch or unit open to all eligible individuals, shall elect its own
officers, always to include a Fleet Secretary. It shall be self-governing in all local matters
that do not conflict with the Association's rules.
6. FLEET CHARTERS: The Governing Committee may grant Fleet Charters to each fleet
consisting of three or more owners upon application to the Association Secretary. Charters
shall be revoked by the Governing Committee upon failure of a fleet to maintain a minimum
number of members in good standing or other adequate cause.
7. DUES AND MEMBERSHIP:
A. Regular Members of the Ensign Class Association shall be owners, part owners and
bona fide charterers of Ensigns registered upon payment of dues. However, in all matters
requiring representation and voting, each boat shall be limited to a single vote.
B. The organization may accept as Associate Members all persons interested in the class,
but no Associate Member shall be entitled to representation or to vote.
C. The Governing Committee shall determine the dues.
D. Applicants who are not members of local fleets shall remit dues directly to the National
Ensign Class Association Treasurer.
E. Fleets may collect National dues and in turn remit them to the National Ensign Class
Treasurer. This includes both Regular and Associate membership. With remittance the
following information should be included:
1. Boat number and name
2. Member's name
3. Address
4. Fleet

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