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    The Ensign is the largest class of full keel sailboats in North America, with over 2000 boats manufactured since 1962. Designed by Carl Alberg, its sustained popularity is due to very solid and durable construction, and a design that lends itself equally and admirably to comfortable family cruising, enjoyable day sailing, and close, strategic ...

  2. Pearson Ensign

    The Pearson Ensign, or Ensign 22, is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Carl Alberg as a one-design racer and day sailer and first built in 1962. It is the largest full-keel one-design keelboat class in the United States .

  3. Ensign Class Association

    The Ensign is the largest class of full keel sailboats in North America, with over 2000 boats manufactured since 1962. Designed by Carl Alberg, its sustained popularity is due to very solid and durable construction, and a design that lends itself equally and admirably to comfortable family cruising, enjoyable day sailing, and close, strategic ...

  4. About the Ensign

    The Ensign is the largest class of full keel sailboats in North America, with over 2000 boats manufactured since 1962. Designed by Carl Alberg, its sustained popularity is due to very solid and durable construction, and a design that lends itself equally and admirably to comfortable family cruising, enjoyable day sailing, and close, strategic ...

  5. History

    History of the Ensign Class. Published: Thursday, 08 May 2014 16:33. by Gerald Daly (1990) In 1990, the January issue of Sail contained a special tribute to those boats considered by the editors to be the most significant of the previous two decades. Of the 34 boats chosen, one, a full-keeled day sailer with soft lines and lots of wetted ...

  6. Pearson Ensign

    Pearson Ensign is a 22′ 6″ / 6.9 m monohull sailboat designed by Carl Alberg and built by Pearson Yachts between 1962 and 1982. Great choice! Your favorites are temporarily saved for this session. ... At this time, the first class racing was organized (Fleet #l, out of Larchmont, New York).

  7. ENSIGN (PEARSON)

    At this time, the first class racing was organized (Fleet #l, out of Larchmont, New York). ... New York, Miami, Florida; Gibson Island, Maryland; and Falmouth, Maine. The last known builder (2003) was Ensign Spars Inc. of Dunedin, FL (USA). ... Camden, Maine, 1997), states that a boat with a BN of less than 1.3 will be slow in light winds. A ...

  8. Pearson Ensign

    Pearson Yachts was the only builder of the boat from 1962-1983 with 1775 boats constructed before ceasing production. Production was resumed in 2001 by Ensign Spars, Inc. of Dunedin Florida, where reportedly another 33 boats, (hull #2000 and above), have been produced as of 2019. Consider this: The Ensign is the only sailboat from Pearson ...

  9. Ensign Classic

    Early boats sold for $2,500, but Ensign Spars is offering the new Classic Ensigns at a base price of $27,500 with fiberglass cockpit seats and floors. When you add sails, safety gear and an outboard engine, you'll be up over $30,000. Still, few boats can offer more fun, pound for pound or dollar for dollar, than the new Classic Ensign.

  10. Ensign Deck Layout

    Class History The Ensign was designed in 1962 by Carl Alberg as a family daysailer and one-design racer. A development of a previous Alberg design called the Electra, this 6.7 m (22.5 ft) fiberglass sloop features a big, deep cockpit, generous displacement and 544 kg (1,200 lb)of internal lead ballast. Although you'll never see an Ensign planing around the buoys, an overlapping genoa and large ...

  11. Ensign Sailboat Returns

    Nearly 1800 families bought Ensigns from 1962 until 1983, when Pearson Yachts ceased production of the boat. Over 20 years later, the Ensign is still the largest full keel sailboat class in North America. The class association holds four regional championship regattas and a National Championship each year.

  12. Cruising version of the Pearson Ensign

    Carl Alberg Pearson Yachts 1960-1965 227 sq. ft. portable portable. Approx. trailering wgt.: 4,600 lbs. This early fiberglass Alberg design was introduced the year after the ground-breaking 29-foot Pearson Triton hit the ways in 1959, and was one of the very first small fiberglass cruising sailboats. In those days the marketers weren't always ...

  13. ECA

    For these reasons, the Ensign, on January 25th, 2002, was the first boat inducted into the American Sailboat Hall of Fame. T he Ensign Class Association is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Our Federal Tax ID is 06-1203996 Donations to the ECA are tax deductible to the extent allowed by Federal and State law.

  14. Sailboat Listings sailboats for sale by owner

    Preowned racing, cruising, dailsailer, and multihull sailboats for sale, including Beneteau, Burger , Cal, Catalina, C & C, Cheoy Lee, Columbia, Coronado, Corsair ...

  15. Pearson Ensign Boats for sale

    Posted Over 1 Month. 1970 Pearson Ensign Boat is located in Buckeye Lake,Ohio.Please contact the owner @ 740-607-8212...One of the most beautiful and best sailing boats ever made. 23' sailboat, roller furling, main genoa like new, 4 hp Honda long shaft outboard, duel axel trailer. All in excellent condition. Make: Pearson Model: Ensign Length ...

  16. 1964 pearson Ensign sailboat for sale in North Carolina

    The Ensign sailboat is the largest class of full keel boats in North America. It was designed by Carl Alberg and built by Pearson Yachts of Portsmouth, Rhode Island who manufactured nearly 1800 boats from 1962 through 1983. Its popularity, rather than declining with the advent of very high performance boats, has been on a major upswing. ...

  17. ensign class sailboats

    The class webpage is at www.ensignclass.com and has a ton of information - The new boats are being built by Ensign Spars (www.ensignspars.com) and they're wonderful! - Make sure you join the Ensign Class Association ($25/year, a bargain) - The Nationals are hotly contested, as you would know from these threads -

  18. The Six Categories of Daysailers, and Why We Love Them

    Other standouts include the 23-foot full-keel Ensign, Sandy Douglass's Thistle and Flying Scot, W.D. Schock's Lido 14, ... it would be hard to find a better class of boats for a day of sailing. Family Boats/Trainers. Speed, comfort, safety and an easy-to-handle rig are all the hallmarks of a great daysailer: (clockwise from top) the ...

  19. BuyAn Ensign

    The boats listed in this section are being offered for sale by their owners. The Ensign Class Association is not a party to these sales and has no information about these boats other than what is listed here. Ensign_1221. $22,900. Canandaigua Lake, NY. Ensign_1045. $2,000.

  20. Ensign Spars

    We're excited to bring you the Ensign-specific and general parts you need for your boat. Use the navigation menu to find all of our available products. For questions on repairs and general tips on taking care of your Ensign, please check out the Ensign Class Association forum! It has lively conversations from dedicated members across the country.

  21. Ensign sailboats for sale by owner.

    Ensign used sailboats for sale by owner. Home. Register & Post. View All Sailboats. Search. Avoid Fraud. ... 19' Flying Scot Flying Scot 19 Sailboat Lake Fairview Marina Orlando, Florida Asking $29,495. 28' Cape Dory CD 28 Brooklin, Maine Asking $25,000. 21' 21 Alpha Beachcomber Sailing Dory

  22. ECA Rules 1.18.2020

    Part I. Organization. 1. NAME: The name of this organization shall be the Ensign Class Association. 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.

  23. Column: The problem I didn't consider before joining the U.S. Navy

    A man.) decided we would build a boat in shop class to tame the Crick. Somehow, we got two 1940s vintage Chevy car hoods at a junkyard and dragged them to the school.

  24. Hall of Fame

    With this in mind, he worked with many others to revitalize national membership, and as a member of Fleet 23, achieved the largest National Championship Regatta in Class history. Boats . Money Penny #2007. The first Ensign Classic to win Nationals. 2012 Hall of Fame Inductees . Linda Petrat - The longest known distance traveled in an Ensign.