Sunfish fleet #61 raced on the newly formed waters from 1965-67. The wives ran the races from the shore. They used inner tubes with upside down wooden peach baskets, painted orange, for buoys.
The marina was sold to Bill Neuens, Jim Nicholls, Dave Simmons and Norman Petit who then started to sell Ensigns. Norm, who brought the first Ensign from Lake Minnetonka in 1968, explained, "Most guys who bought a boat from us had no idea how to sail. After we sold a boat, we went out and taught them the basics." The Sunfish fleet went from 40 members to nothing over night! Half got into Laser sailing and the other half bought keel boats. A couple of years later, David Ray and Ib Jorgensen started the Santana fleet. (The Ensigns and the Santanas originally raced as one class)