The Unofficial Ensign Sailing Home Page
The official Ensign Website can be found at:http://www.ensignclass.com
This web site tailored for NETSCAPE viewing. 
Action at the Windward Mark from the 1965 Yearbook.
Ensigns are the largest class, by far, of full-keel, one-design sailboats in the United States. The 22-1/2 foot sloop was designed by Carl Alberg and produced by Pearson Yachts of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Since 1962, nearly 1800 have been built.
Ensign Specifications and Sail Plan
For Ensign Schematic and Sail Plan Click Here
L.O.A.: 22'6" Main: 140 sq. ft. L.W.L.: 16'9" Blade Jib: 86 sq. ft. Beam: 7' Working Jib: 61 sq. ft Draft: 3' #1 Genoa: 150 sq. ft. Design displacement: 3000lbs. #2 Genoa: 111 sq. ft. Ballast (lead): 1200 lbs Spinnaker: 375 sq. ft.
June Wickford R.I TY COBB July Wickford R.I Summer series August Edgewood R.I Summer Series September Wickford R.I Jim Gray Ensign Class Fleet Four racing dates
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Fast weather and Solar check
If you would like to check the wind speed for a particular region
then click on "wind".
Need help reading the weather symbols on the wind map then click on"symbols".
For satellite images and an infrared satellite move of the last
48 hours click on "satellite".
The satellite images are updated once an hour at 50 after the hour.
For Solar activity and geomagnetic field data click on "solar".
Calculate sunrise, sunset, twilight, moonrise, moonset,phase times for any U.S.
location click on "moon/sun".
Tropical weather and hurricane tracker click here on"Hurricane".
To see current Auroral Oval position (north pole) click here on Aurora.Rhode Island Forecast and Northeast US Coast
US and World Weather Links
- UNISYS Weather Processor
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- CMAN Marine Buoy Observations
- Weather Forecasts for Mexico, Carribean and Central America
- National Weather Service Costal Marine Page Plotted Ship Movement updated every 3 hours.
The Ensign Class Association WebSite Carl Alberg (Ensign designer) Boats Designed by Carl Alberg The Sailing Source Nyack Boat Club (Ensign Fleet 51, Nyack, NY) Maritime History. U.S.Coast Guard. Maritime Telecommunications Information. IYRU Regatta Information Directory and Regatta Websites. Herreshoff "S" Class Association Continental Sloop Providence HMS Bounty Whitbread Course and Ports The Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race....the history. Schooner Man The Catboat Association Pearson Renegade 27' website 6' Cape Cod Frosty Class Association USS Constitution Online Etchells Web Site Mark Rosenstein's Sailing Page great page! BluenoseII 210 Class Sailboat Pearson Vanguard Page The Yacht Designers