The first Ensign arrived in the Les Cheneaux Islands in 1965.

62 Ensigns are now sailing in Les Cheneaux  each summer.

Fleet 31’s Ken Horsburgh was honored with Ensign National’s SEA-III
Award at last summer’s Nationals in Toms River, NJ. The SEA-III Award was
named in honor of Charles R. Sligh III and is awarded to a member of the
Ensign Class who has exemplified exceptional service to the class over a long
period of time.

Ken has owned five Ensigns, including his 1965 purchase of #915, the first one in the Les Cheneaux Islands. 

He has personally promoted and overseen the growth of the area’s large Ensign fleet.

His most recent boat is #2000, the first Ensign Classic from Zeke Durika.

Now 87 years old, Ken owns two Ensigns which are sailed almost daily each
summer by him, his children and grandchildren. The Horsburgh sailing group now total 17 Ensign skippers.