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Fleet 20 Wayzata, Minnesota
Lake Minnetonka, 1964
Fleet Captain: John Mielke

Fleet 20 races at Wayzata Yacht Club
on beautiful Lake Minnetonka
approximately 13 miles west of
downtown Minneapolis.

The main race night is Thursday night
with over 125 boats under sail. We
have multiple fleets starting on two
courses and are happy to have enough
Ensigns to qualify for our own one- Bluebird day on Lake
design competition. The competition is Minnetonka. Le Petit Grande
Bateau post-race
stiff, often with 4 or 5 boats finishing Photo by Fleet Captain Andrew
within seconds of each other. Larson

We also have races Sunday afternoon,
double handed races on Tuesdays, the “Big Island” series on Saturday
mornings and women’s races. The listing of winning Ensigns is
indicative of the numerous race venues and the competitiveness of the
fleet: Andrew Larson – first in Ensign Championship, Sunset series, G-
nd
T-M Series, Burton Cup, and WYC Fall regatta; Bieger/Maloney – 2
Ensign Championship, First B Series and BOGO Series;
st
nd
Mielke(s)/Maloney – 2 Sunset Series, T-M Series, 1 Big Island;
st
Gilbertson – 1 Women’s Champ, C Series, Women’s Bay Series,
nd
Commodore’s Cup; Buffin 2 G series; Meyer – Women’s Big Island.
Two new Ensigns have been added in the last year: Forever Fleeting
and Sea Baby. Many of our Ensigns have been handed down from
parents to children. We have four boats that are sailed by two or three
family members.

One of our boats competed at the National Regatta in Pentwater
(Mielke/Maloney). This was a well-run regatta and was great fun.
Thanks Pentwater!

Our spring meeting is planned for March 21. We hope to attract more
Ensigns from the area to join our fleet and keep our one-design fleet
active at WYC.

Roster:
459 Bruce Kobs
564 LE PETIT BLEU Bob Buffin
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