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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.
Burgee of Barrachois Harbour Yacht Club, Nova Scotia, Canada. Members belonging to a yacht club or sailing organization may fly their club's unique burgee both while underway and at anchor (however, not while racing). Sailing vessels may fly the burgee from the main masthead or from a lanyard under the starboard spreader on the mast. [2] Power ...
Bay of Quinte Yacht Club is a boating club based in Belleville, Ontario, Canada, located on the shores of the Bay of Quinte. It was founded in 1876 and unsuccessfully challenged for the America's Cup in 1881.
The Royal Canadian Yacht Club (RCYC) is a private yacht club in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [1] Founded in 1852, it is one of the world's older and larger yacht clubs. [ 3 ] Its summer home is on a trio of islands (RCYC Island, South Island and North Chippewa or Snug Island) in the Toronto Islands .
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]
The club was founded as the Vancouver Yacht Club in 1903. [3] The club officially became the 'Royal Vancouver Yacht Club' in 1906. J. Kennerly Bryan and his partner Mr. Waterson designed the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club club house in Stanley park (1910). [4] The permanent yacht club located at Jericho Beach was opened 21 years later in 1927. [3]
The Island Yacht Club is a proprietary yacht club in Toronto, Ontario Canada. The club is located on 16 acres (6.5 ha) of land on Mugg's Island, one of the islands in the Toronto Islands. The club is accessible from April to October using the club's private boat from downtown. The club has its own marina providing docking and marine services to ...
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