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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.
Members belonging to a yacht club or sailing organization may fly their club's unique flag (usually triangular), called a burgee, both while under way and at anchor (however, not while racing). Traditionally, the burgee was flown from the main masthead; however, it may also be flown from a small pole on the bow pulpit, or on the starboard ...
Burgee of the St Ives Sailing Club: Burgee of the St Mawes Sailing Club: A white-and-red quartered burgee with the shield from the arms of the Duchy of Cornwall in the canton. Burgee of the Saltash Sailing Club: Burgee of the Torpoint Mosquito Sailing Club: A dark blue burgee divided by a white cross and defaced with a red diamond in the centre.
The Sussex Motor Yacht Club, founded in 1907 and headquartered in Brighton, uses the traditional Sussex county arms (i.e., the six martlets) on its club burgee; it depicts the martlets in red, and places them on a white shield, surmounting a three-bladed propeller, which also in red. The University of Sussex's coat of arms features the six ...
When known as the Arundel Yacht Club, the club's ensign was a red flag with a white border, with the letters "AYC" on the field in white. [ 2 ] In 1845, the members changed the name to the "London Yacht Club" and adopted a new ensign - white, modelled after that of the Royal Navy but with a blue cross (as opposed to the Navy's red cross) and a ...
An alternative Sussex flag was designed for Sussex Day 2019 with Afro-Caribbean styling to reflect the diversity of Sussex people. [9] The Sussex Motor Yacht Club, located in Brighton, was founded in 1907 and uses a burgee that employs Sussex-related emblems.
The Ocean Cruising Club (OCC) is an international club for cruisers. Members are identified by a distinctive blue and yellow burgee with a stylized Flying Fish on the blue part of the flag. Founded in 1954 by the late Humphrey Barton after his east–west crossing of the Atlantic in the 25 foot Vertue XXXV, [1] the club exists to promote long ...
The burgee (a triangular shaped flag identifying yacht club membership) is differenced with a St George's Cross and crown on a white background. [citation needed] In 1851, one of the "forred" hands, on board the yacht America concerning the first sailing of the America's Cup, 1851 wrote 'The Royal Yacht Club—In a fix' (tune). "Come listen to ...