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Estb: 1899. Location: Toledo, OH.
Burgee: Pennant 6:10 (web image). Red
field charged with a white compass rose centred 3 units from hoist and with the
white capital letters MRYC vertically next to hoist.
Source:
http://burgees.southernyachtclub.org/index.php/files/maumee-river-yacht-club/
"Since pre-history the Maumee River has been a navigational artery of
the area. However, recreational boating did not become an element until the mid
19th century, and "boat houses" appeared on its shores. Two such establishments
(now called marinas) were located at the foot of Congress Street in South
Toledo. One was Stickles’ Boat House; the other, Slavin’s. With the advent of
the Toledo Yacht Club, the group at Slavin’s decided to call themselves the
"Upriver Yacht Club". There being rivalry between the two houses, the Stickles’
group decided to identify their location by calling themselves the "MAUMEE RIVER
YACHT CLUB". Both groups were loosely knit, with the proprietors of the two
boathouses acting as the titular heads thereof. . . .
In the dead of winter
of 1899 (January 17th to be exact) the group at Stickles’ formally organized as
the Maumee River Yacht Club, with none other than G.W. Stickles being the first
Commodore of Record; . . . “
Source: accessed 3 December 2018,
http://www.associatedyachtclubs.com/History/Maumee%20River%20Yacht%20Club%20History.htm
Peter Edwards, 5 December 2018
![[Maumee River Yacht Club flag]](../images/u/us~ycmmr-1911.gif)
image by Rob Raeside, 6 December 2018
Source: Lloyd’s Register of American Yachts. New York, 1911
Peter
Edwards, 5 December 2018
This former burgee appeared in Lloyd's in 1907 for the first time, and it was
still shown in 1917. After that I can't check it any more, but the same
http://www.associatedyachtclubs.com page does mention the continued
existence of the club after the war. (It also mentions the Upriver Yacht Club
disappearing as its members moved over to the formally organised club.) I can
confirm it's shown in Lloyd's in 1931, but by then the club is already using the
current burgee.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 19 February 2019
![[Maumee River Yacht Club flag]](../images/u/us~ycmmr-1906.gif)
image by Peter
Hans van den Muijzenberg, 19 February 2019
Before 1907, the club also already appears in Lloyd's, in 1905 and 1906, but
with yet an earlier burgee: It's pictured as a 4-triangle design, the hoist
triangles blue, the centre triangle white and the fly triangle red. There's a
white five-pointed star in each of the hoist triangles, the letters "MR" in blue
in the white triangle, and the letters "YC" in white in the red triangle. These
letters are capitals in a sans font, placed in such a way that they can be read
as the single abbreviation "MRYC", for the name of the club. In 1905, the stars
are depicted as pointing flyward; in 1906 they have apparently been corrected to
point upward. In 1903 Lloyd doesn't yet show that burgee.
The club's
history page (http://www.mryc.us/gallery)
mentions that "Old stories indicate that the Club burgee was designed in 1906
...". This would then refer to the red field with white four-pointed compass
rose, which made its first appearance in Lloyd's the next year. It does not
refer to the current design, the version defaced with the letters "MRYC". That
one must have been designed some time between 1917 and 1931.
Peter
Hans van den Muijzenberg, 19 February 2019
