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1414. Franz was a co-owner of 588 with his brother George Dahmen and
the two sailed together for most of their lives. Both Kelly and Franz loved
sailing and the other members of the Ensign fleet and they are sorely
missed. But we treasure the days we had with them and are committed
to honoring their memories by making the most of the time we get to
spend with our Ensign family and friends, both on the water and off.

Roster:
324 J. SEAGULL
500 HIGH COTTON Tom Groll
578 DANCING BEAR Tom Groll
588 STYF KOP George Dahmen
732 JAM Tom Groll
739 ABACO David & Anne Morley
773 EAGLE Annie and Charlie Lancaster
810 SUNDAY SILENCE Jin & Jane Lanshe
820 PEPPERMINT Larry Niemann
842 ROSEBUD Jon-Patrick Cook
929 DOS LOCOS Lewis Price
972 SEPTEMBER Fred Ford
1152 BLUE DREAMS Eric Creamer
1167 ONE WITH THE WIND David Gamble
1358 GRAVY Danny & Norma Lien
1414 PRICKLY PAIR Bill Hawk
1609 DEEP 6 Carl Wiseman
2025 ESTELA Ignacio Vivancos & Maria Koopman
2027 JOLIE Josh Davidson

Fleet 31 Cedarville, Michigan
Lake Huron, 1980
Fleet Captain: Jason Dunn Secretary: Joel Birkmeier
Treasurer: Peter Iverson

Once again, our short compact summer race season was filled with
exciting activities and racing. We opened with The Rally in the Bay event
for the second year. This is to encourage crews that are new to racing to
enjoy a causal day testing their skills around the buoys. We offered
another Ensign clinic to teach new sailors rigging skills and boat handling
techniques.

Fleet 31 one is unique in that we have two very active fleets; A-all sails
and B-working jibs only. Both fleets are on the water every Saturday in
July racing around the buoys or distant races throughout the islands. We
end the season with our annual 3-day LCYC Regatta the first week of

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