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![[Inland Waterways Association of Ireland]](../images/i/ie~iwaie.gif)
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by Eugene Ipavec, 25 July 2011
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The IWAI i.e. Inland Waterways Association of Ireland has a webpage,
presenting three flags (two photos, one drawing):
http://www.iwai.ie/insignia.html,
two of which (ensign, burgee) are also illustrated by Graham Bartram, fifth and
sixth on this page:
http://www.flags.net/IREL14.htm.
“The IWAI Ensign should normally be flown paired with the
IWAI Burgee”: light blue field, the national flag in the canton and a wavy
set of stripes in the lower fly. See:
http://shop.iwai.ie/catalog/index.php?cPath=23. This “set” seemingly consists of a white wavy stripe between two green ones,
not touching. On the
photo however, the three are connected by similar grey stripes which might
have been added to better visually separate them.
As to the blue field,
Graham comments: “This ensign is sometimes made with a navy blue field ” but
then, I suppose, the manufacturer would be a different one from IWAI’s.
Jan Mertens,
24 July 2011
![[Inland Waterways Association of Ireland]](../images/i/ie~iwai2.gif)
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by Eugene Ipavec, 26 July 2011
The IWAI’s burgee (to be flown with the ensign – first photo of page):
http://www.iwai.ie/insignia.html.
There is also this helpful page describing the IWAI logo featuring said burgee,
see end of page for a drawing and its exact dimensions:
http://www.iwai.ie/org/logo/index.html:
“The colours of the logo are
inspired by the book Green and Silver. The burgee has a ratio of 5:3 and design
elements in the proportion shown below.
The colours are as follows:
Green: RGB: 51,158,53 #339E35; Pantone 362; CMYK 68%,0%,66%,38%
Grey: RGB:
192:192:192 #C0C0C0, Pantone 441, CMYK 0%,0%,0%,20%; Unless one is printing
glossy brochures with metallic silver ink, grey as per above is acceptable;
Where a Metallic Silver coating is desired, Pantone 877c can be used".
The burgee is a green pennant, broad horizontal wave
white-silver-white-silver-white.
Jan
Mertens, 25 July 2011
![[Inland Waterways Association of Ireland]](../images/i/ie~iwai-h.gif)
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by Eugene Ipavec, 27 July 2011
A pennant named “IWAI helmsman burgee” is found on this page: http://www.iwai.ie/insignia.html.
Blue or azure pennant, extending into it a red triangle with rounded apex
situated in the fly and thinly bordered white; on the red field, upper right, a
yellow steering wheel (eight spokes) and lower left, five horizontal waves shown
separately white-green-white-green-white.
This drawing does not quite do
justice to the red colour, compare this photo here:
http://www.iwai.ie/gallery/2009/20090301_Skipper_Course_T_Klug.jpg, and
clickable picture on this page:
http://shop.iwai.ie/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=23&products_id=37.
“This striking burgee signifies that [the person flying it has] passed the
IWAI/ISA Certificate of Competency for Motor Cruising.”
Jan Mertens,
26 July 2011
![[Inland Waterways Association of Ireland Green and Silver flag]](../images/i/ie~iwaigs.jpg)
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located by Jan Mertens, 19 September 2011
Source:
http://dublin.iwai.ie/greenandsilver.html
A further IWAI burgee is awarded to sailors completing a roundabout inland
waterway route inspired by Tom Rolt’s book “Green and Silver” – details at the
end of this page:
http://dublin.iwai.ie/greenandsilver.html. Photo (copyright IWAI
Grey
pennant bordered green, in the hoist a sprig of green trefoils hanging down from
that border, in the fly end a similar sprig, much smaller; in the centre, a
small boat in beige, brown and black is sailing down a river of white-light blue
stripes (streaming from upper left to lower right). To the right of the boat is
placed the motto “GREEN & / SILVER” (serifed), the upper line in dark grey and the lower one,
staggered towards the right, in silver.
Proudly displaying the burgee:
http://dublin.iwai.ie/images/GreenAndSilver/004+Clontarf_YBC/slides/MS_P1130618.html
Jan Mertens, 19 September 2011
![[Inland Waterways Association of Ireland Dublin burgee]](../images/i/ie~iwaid.jpg)
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located by Jan Mertens, 27 September 2011
Source:
http://dublin.iwai.ie/index.html
This IWAI (Ireland) page presents a special Dublin burgee (top and bottom of page – net cost of item 20 €): http://dublin.iwai.ie/index.html.
Vertically divided dark blue (hoist) and celestial blue (fly); in the hoist,
Dublin’s three burning castles, white with red and yellow flames issuing; in the
fly, dark blue name “DUBLIN / IWAI” without serifs. For good measure (my code
for “not really necessary”) a tiny IWAI burgee appears in the lower hoist.
A “Burgees on Tour” section, starting on this page:
http://dublin.iwai.ie/images/DublinBurgees/index.html is just that, a photo
collection showing some flags and, mostly, IWAI Dublin burgees used on the Irish
waterways and much farther afield.
Jan Mertens, 27 September 2011
![[Inland Waterways Association of Ireland]](../images/i/int~erne.gif)
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by Eugene Ipavec, 28 July 2011
A further flag proposed by IWAI, in a light-hearted way, is the Erne flag:
http://shop.iwai.ie/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=101.
“There has been debate over the years as to the correct way to fly the Erne
Flag. Some argue "Green to the ground and blue to the sky". However the accepted
way is for the green stripe to be on top representing the land and the blue on
the bottom representing the water. As the source of the Erne is in the Republic
of Ireland with the main loughs in Northern Ireland, a more cynical
interpretation is that the flag was designed to not offend anybody in that it is
neither green/white/orange or red/white/blue!!! This flag is constructed of
woven polyester and is approximately 24" x 36". Its designed to be flown green
uppermost but you can fly it the other way if you wish.” See 1/3 of the following page
showing the flag in action – green uppermost:
http://www.iwai.ie/forum/read.php?1,21945,22036.
More on this Wikipedia page “Cross-border flag for Ireland”:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-border_flag_for_Ireland
“This flag was
initially used on the Shannon–Erne Waterway, which is bisected by the border.
Rather than flying a national flag, boats fly this green, white and blue
flag. It is endorsed by The Inland Waterways Association of Ireland, an
all-Ireland organisation.”
Very appropriately, the yearly Erne Boat Rally
specifies: “No flags are to be flown during the Rally, with the exception of
the Erne Flag and Burgees.”
Homepage – blue uppermost:
http://www.erneboatrally.com/rallyinstructions.html.
Jan
Mertens, 27 July 2011
![[Inland Waterways Association of Ireland - Lough Derg]](../images/i/ie~iwaide.jpg)
image located by Jan Mertens, 3 October 2011
Two more locally used IWAI flags, presented as the IWAI Lough Derg Branch
Burgee and Flag, respectively, are to be found at
http://shop.iwai.ie/catalog/index.php. The first one, called a burgee, is
captioned “approx 480 mm wide by 300 mm high, single-sided printed in white on
green, polyester material with a bolt rope sewn in”. The second one is
“approximately 1 m wide by 600 mm high, printed in white on a green background.
Single sided. Polyester material with sewn edge and bolt rope”.
In both
cases a green field bears a white anchor placed diagonally, flukes towards lower
hoist, with white names “DERG” in the fly and “IWAI” – much smaller - in the
upper fly (no serifs). I suppose the name “burgee” was used by
mistake and really meant to indicate a small sized flag. Comments by Mark Shanley:
“I designed a flag for the Lough Derg branch of the Inland Waterways
Association. Nice to design something less ephemeral than an ad every now and
again.”
Lough Derg is the lake traversed by the River Shannon before it
reaches the sea near Limerick, roughly SW of Ireland.
Jan Mertens, 3
October 2011
![[Inland Waterways Association of Ireland - Kildare]](../images/i/ie~iwaicd.gif)
image by Jan Mertens, 16 October 2011
Many of our branches have their own burgees, e.g.
http://dublin.iwai.ie/images/GreenAndSilver/slides/gands_burgee_big.html
(context is here). The Kildare branch of IWAI is presented at
http://heritageboatassociation.ie/cms/images/stories/Buttons/B%20Kildare%20Burgee%20.jpg
Michael Slevin, 11 October 2011
White pennant, a yellow St Brigid’s cross separating the organization’s
initials in green: ‘I’ and ‘W’ on top, ‘A’ and ‘I’ on the bottom; in the fly,
Irish county name “Cill Dara” in black Irish script. For information on
the cross, I was guided by the current Kildare County Council’s
flag. St Brigid was
a local Kildare saint, patroness of farm animals:
http://hillshepherd.blogspot.com/2010/02/happy-saint-brigids-day.html:
“These crosses are traditionally made from rushes, but today many materials
(and sometimes even different regional designs) are used. Any material used
for making the cross should ideally be blessed. You may note that the design
of the Saint Brigid’s Cross is straddling the pagan and Christian world –
while it is a cross, it also is similar in design to a fylfot or swastika.
The finished cross is hung on the inside of a thatched roof above the front
door. In a pinch the inside of your front door will do. Saint Brigid’s
Crosses are left in their place for the year and renewed on the following
Saint Brigid’s Day.”
Jan Mertens, 16 October 2011
![[Inland Waterways Association of Ireland - Kildare]](../images/i/ie~iwaincf.jpg)
image located by Jan Mertens, 21 October 2011
Two further local IWAI flags or rather pennants are shown with clickable photos dedicated to the 2010 Naas Canal Festival: http://heritageboatassociation.ie/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=352&Itemid=43. The first photo presents a white pennant bordered yellow; in the hoist appears a yellow St Brigid’s cross, representing Kildare, above a green upright snake representing Naas, the county capital. In the fly appear black words “IWAI KILDARE BRANCH” above “NAAS CANAL FESTIVAL / 2010”.
![[Inland Waterways Association of Ireland - Kildare]](../images/i/ie~iwaikb.jpg)
image located by Jan Mertens, 21 October 2011
On the same page
appear several photos showing a similar pennant hoisted vertically, again
showing the cross above the snake plus the local branch name, in green, at the
top: “IWAI / KILDARE BRANCH”.
Jan Mertens, 21 October 2011
