It was a rainy day at Michigan State University, but despite that everyone was outside for a party. Connor and his dad, Greg, were out wearing sailing shirts and foul weather gear (For non-sailors, you wear this when the weather is bad on the water to keep dry). Ella, with her own history of time on the water, recognized them as fellow sailors and went on to go say hi with her still best friend Erin. While they immediately hit it off, they fall out of touch after that day. Fast forward 5 months to the Ugotta Regatta “Irish party” in Harbor Springs, and Ella sees Connor again across the lot. After some encouragement from her mom, Kathy- Ella and Connor rekindle their relationship and have been together ever since! 4 years later, and back on the bow of Dynamis, Connor decided to throw an “end of summer sail” with all of our friends and family. On that sail down the river, Connor asked Ella to marry him. We cant wait to celebrate with you all in September! -Ella & Connor