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The officers of a yacht club may fly various burgees appropriate to their rank: for example, the commodore may fly a swallow-tailed version of the club burgee (and the vice- and rear-commodores the same, but distinguished by the addition of one or two balls respectively at the canton). A past-commodore may also be given a distinctively-shaped flag.
A pig stick (occasionally pigstick [1] or pig-stick [2]) is a staff that carries a flag or pennant, usually the burgee of the boat owner's yacht club or private signal, above a mast of a sailboat. [3]
This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status.
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Peter was diligent in researching the often-neglected field of maritime flags and became the world's top reference in the study of burgees. The Burgee Data Archive published “The Private Signal”, a periodical vexillological journal, and was accepted as a member of the International Federation of Vexillological Associations in 1997. [2] [3]