Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (Australia)

Newport, New South Wales

Last modified: 2015-07-04 by ian macdonald
Keywords: royal prince alfred yacht club | cross: red on blue | blue ensign | crown: st edwards | coronet: ducal |
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image by Clay Moss, 1 Oct 2007

• Description
• Variant ensign
• Burgee

See also:

• Pittwater Council
• Australia
• Australian Yachting Flags

Description

The history of the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, Sydney, Australia can be found at their webpage. The defacement on the blue ensign is the clubs rendition of a ducal coronet. The placement of the coronet in the lower 1/8 fly end is correct and intentional according to a club member. The RPAYC also sent a picture of their ensign that verifies placement.
Clay Moss, 21 July 2007

Variant

image by Clay Moss, 9 Feb 2008

John Lancer had me draw up a different crown based on a photo that he provided [seen at the top of the page]. Anyway, during my visit to Australia last month, I had the pleasure of visiting with John Vaughan. John's flag company Australiana Flags has made ensigns for the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, and John has a photo of the ensign catalogued in an immaculate photo library of flags. In John's photo, the ducal coronet is clearly of the more standard variety [depicted above].

So, my guess is that the club utilizes ensigns containing both crowns as we have photographic evidence of both.
Clay Moss, 9 February 2008

Burgee

image by Clay Moss, 21 Jul 2007

The burgee contains a St. Edward's crown which is also correct.
Clay Moss, 21 July 2007