Users' questions

How do I find my yacht club burgees?

How do I find my yacht club burgees?

A burgee is a small flag found on many yachts to indicate a yacht club affiliation. Yacht club burgees may be found in many shapes, but are most commonly either triangular or swallow tail. Most clubs have unique burgees that immediately identify their member’s boats.

How much does it cost to join the Edgartown yacht club?

Social Membership:

Initiation $5,000.00 + tax
Monthly Dues $ 134.25 + tax
Monthly Minimum Spending $ 60.00 + tax (except January)
Capital Project Fund $ 42.00 + tax
Total $236.25 + tax per month

Where do you fly a burgee?

Members may fly our Club’s burgee on their vessels from two locations while underway and at anchor. The more common is from a halyard under the lowermost starboard spreader. The more traditional is from a pig stick from the aft-most mast.

How do I join the Lahaina Yacht Club?

About Lahaina Yacht Club Membership here costs $500 initiation plus $500 per year dues, and you need to be sponsored by two club members. The only way around those fees is to eat here as a guest of a member, which is the way I got in. You don’t have to own a boat to be a member.

What is a yacht burgee?

Definition of burgee 1 : a swallow-tailed flag used especially by ships for signals or identification. 2 : the usually triangular identifying flag of a yacht club.

What is a burgee used for?

a triangular flag or one having a shallow, angular indentation in the fly, forming two tails, used as an identification flag, especially by yachts.

Where do you put burgee on a boat?

“Most yacht clubs have a unique burgee (triangular flag) that identifies a member’s boat. A modern sloop rigged sailing vessel should fly it’s burgee from a lanyard under the starboard spreader. On an older style sailing vessel the burgee is flown from the main masthead.

Can I put a pirate flag on my boat?

Under US law, at least, there is no law against flying any flag on a vessel. Is it legal to fly the Jolly Roger on a boat? As far as USA law is concerned, absolutely. You can fly any flags you like, or none at all.

What size is a burgee?

Burgee Sizes

Powerboat Length Burgee Size Sailboat Mast Height
up to 24′ 10×15″ burgee up to 30′
25′ to 28′ 12×18″ burgee 31′ to 36′
29′ to 33′ 14×21″ burgee 37′ to 42′
34′ to 38′ 16×24″ burgee 43′ to 48′

What is a boat burgee?

A burgee is a distinguishing flag, regardless of its shape, of a recreational boating organization. In most cases, they have the shape of a pennant.

What is a sailing burgee?

Who is the Yacht Club burgee Shoppe?

Serving Yacht Clubs since 1998 B U R G E E S H O P P E The Yacht Club Burgee Shoppe is your original online supplier of Yacht Club Burgees and Yacht Club Flags. We can supply you with Yacht Club Burgees, Officer Flags, Signal Code Flags, Race Committee Flags,

What is the history of the New York Yacht Club flag?

Such flags were in use by officers of the New York Yacht Club by at least 1874, although the NYYC now uses a completely different system based on the design of the club’s burgee.

How much does it cost to design a burgee?

If you are in the planning stages of your burgee design, the steps below will help you to get your burgee design from an idea to a high quality Prestige Flag burgee! These prices are for club flags that are applique (cut and stitched). There is a one time set-up fee of $85.00 if pattern is not on file.

How do I contact Burgee Shoppe?

Flushing Bags Contact [ Burgees.com] Burgee Shoppe 2622 Kempton Drive Los Alamitos, CA 90720 562 252-6004 (afternoons) 562 588-3086 until April 2, 2019