![[Williamsburgh Yacht Club flag]](../images/u/us~ycwil.gif)
image by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 30 August 2014
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image by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 30 August 2014
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Detailed information on the WYC flags - burgee, club flag, and officers flags
- can probably be found in the WYC's Constitution & By-Laws and maybe in the
officers list. Unfortunately, for us, these are only accessible for members.
In their logo on
Facebook,
as well as on a physical sign, the Williamsburgh Yacht Club use a light blue for
their burgee. On the website, http://williamsburghyachtclub.com, however,
the burgee is shown with a darkest blue field and a ratio of approximately
4:5. I assume the star is supposed to be symmetrical, though, which in that
image it is not, leading me to a burgee with a ratio of 5:7.
A flag of
the same design but longer can be seen in the emblem on the site. I assume
this is the club flag, which can be seen hoisted on Opening Day on Facebook,
though it's hard to determine the ratio there. I estimated 5:11.
The club
got its current status in three stages:
It must have been
organised in the years before 1865, but the exact date is currently unknown.
Then on 11 April 1865 the members decided on incorporation, but first on 5
April 1871 the club was formally incorporated. It's this last date the club
consider their foundation, which means that now in 2014 they are in their
149th season. It would be interesting to know whether they used a jubilee
burgee for their previous two jubilees, and whether they intend to do so now.
The WYC have been quite active in competitive sailing over the years. The
club have seen their share of changes of location as well as a number of
natural disasters and fires. From a flag point of view, most interesting
might be that they were "the 1939 World Fair’s flag yacht club". I wonder
whether any special flags, like World Fair 1939 or 1940 burgees. were
involved. Lately, the social activities have been more predominant, but the
WYC are expanding their activities and hope to become more active in racing
again in the future.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 30 August 2014
![[Williamsburgh Yacht Club flag]](../images/u/us~ycwil1.gif)
image by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 30 August 2014
![[Williamsburgh Yacht Club flag]](../images/u/us~ycwil).jpg)
image by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 30 August 2014
![[Williamsburgh Yacht Club flag]](../images/u/us~ycwil1).jpg)
image by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 30 August 2014
