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

Ensign Fleet 61 is located on Lake Dillon, Colorado at 9,017 feet of
elevation, and our yacht club, Dillon Yacht Club, is the "World's Highest
Yacht Club". The Ensign fleet was at one point one of the largest racing
fleets on Lake Dillon, but these days Ensigns are mostly used as day
sailors. Dillon Yacht Club hosts several pursuit races over the summers
and also the Dillon Open, which is our invitational regatta, in which some
Ensign sailors participate.

All below photos taken by Hans Bucher, a DYC member and former Star
sailor.

To the left: "2022 Pursuit Race to
Frisco" - Ensign sail number 1492,
Christopher C, is being sailed by the
Keesling family and the Kline family
and Ensign number 1489, Ptarmigan,
is being sailed by the Pierce family.

To the right, "2022 Pursuit Race to
Frisco" - Ensign 1489, Ptarmigan being
sailed by the Pierce family, Chris Pierce,
Jen Pierce, Brad Pierce and a crew
person, Mike. Jen Pierce (myself) has a
tattoo of the Ensign logo on her right
calf that can be seen well in this photo.

To the left, "2022 Pursuit Race to
Frisco" - Ensign sail number 1492,
Christopher C, is is in the lead and
Ensign number 1489 with the purple,
blue and yellow spinnaker can be
seen trying to catch up!

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