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Burgee of CNA - Image by Ivan Sache, 20 December 2004
The burgee of Cercle Nautique d'Ars-en-Ré (image), a club founded in 1953, is horizontally divided yellow-light blue-yellow (1:2:1). In the middle of the light blue stripe is shown the Whales' Lighthouse, flanked by two mirrored blue anchors.
The Whales' Lighthouse, built in 1854 on the westernmost point of the island to replace an older lighttower, is 55 m high and served by an helicoidal stair with 257 steps. The lighthouse is named for the Whales' Cove, located east of the lighthouse, where hundreds of whales are said to have beached in the Roman times.
Ivan Sache, 28 December 2004
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Burgee of NYC - Image by Ivan Sache, 4 February 2018
Nauzan Yacht Club (NYC; website) was established on 4 September 2010 in Saint-Palais-sur-Mer (3,875 inhabitants in 2015; 1,569 ha), a sea resort located 5 km north-west west of Royan, on the Atlantic Ocean. The Nauzan beach, located at the end of the Bay of Nauzan, is shared between the municipalities of Saint-Palais-sur-Mer and Vaux-sur-Mer.
The burgee of NYC is white with a blue border, the blue letters "NYC",
in a slightly lighter shade, and the representation of the rocky point
that limits the beach in north-west (photo), filled in black.
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NYC website]
Ivan Sache, 4 February 2018
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Burgee of YCO - Image by Ivan Sache, 17 July 2002
Yacht Club de l'Océan (YCO, website), founded in 1959, is based in Saint-Denis-d'Oléron, a port located on the northern point of
Oléron island.
The burgee of YCO is a 1:2 blue triangle with a yellow triangle placed along the hoist and charged with the letters "YCO" in blue.
Ivan Sache, 17 July 2002
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Burgee of Régates de Royan - Image by Ivan Sache, 28 December 2004
Régates de Royan (website), founded in 1851, is the third oldest French yacht club after Société des Régates du Havre (1838) and Société Nautique de la Baie de
Saint-Malo (1848).
Its burgee is vertically divided blue-white-red with a black anchor in the white stripe and a black "R" in the blue and red stripes.
Ivan Sache, 28 December 2004
Regatta were first organized in Royan on 10 and 11 August 1851 by the newly founded Société des Régates de Royan. The regattas attracted much more people than expected; from 1855 onward, they were scheduled to 15 August, the Empire's Day, and a special passenger service was offered between Bordeaux and Royan by steamboats.
The Royan regatta were quite unique in the south-west of France at the time; the sailboats that entered the competition were the most modern, often engaged in other international regattas. The first winner, schooner "La Brise", was compared with "America", winner of the Cowes regatta the same year. Accordingly, the regatta were the main event of the summer season; their contribution to the fame of Royan is attested by the swift increase in the number of summer tourists, from 5,000 in 1850 to 15,000 in 1860 and 40,000 in 1870.
Royan soon took over the organization of the regattas from "foreign" hands (that is, from Bordeaux). The yacht-club was renamed to Société des Régates de Royan, with deputy Michel Montané as its president; in 1857, the municipality became the official patron and organizer of the regattas.
During the interbellum, the SRR organized the Royan-Arcachon race, in partnership with the Société Nautique d'Arcachon, and, from 1927 to 1940, the Royan-La Baule race, in partnership with Sport Nautique de la Gironde. This was the most important yachting race in the Bay of Biscay. After the Second World War, the SRR established a sailing school in 1951; port infrastructure was modernized and the SRR was in charge until 1977, of the management of the new marina completed in 1968.
The burgee of the SRR was adopted in 1914/ Permission was granted by the Ministry of Navy to use an anchor, at the time the exclusive symbol of the French Navy (source: C-Royan website).
Ivan Sache, 6 March 2022
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Burgee of YCSM - Image by Ivan Sache, 1 May 2010
THe YCSM (website), founded in 1965, is based in the fortified town of Saint-Martin-de-Ré (2,588 inhabitants in 2007).
The burgee of the YCSM is red with a white cross and the red letters "Y.C.S.M." placed in the horizontal arm of the cross.
