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Ensign of the Royal Dee Yacht Club, UK (fotw); Ensign of the
Borgå Segelsällskap, Finland (fotw)
Ensign of the Royal Norwegian Yacht Club 1906 – 1958 (fotw);
Yacht Ensign, US (fotw);
Burgee of the Uljanik Plovidba Sailing Club, Croatia (fotw)
Flag of a Yacht Club Commodore, US (fotw)
Pennant of a Yacht Club Commodore, National Yacht Club, Ireland (fotw)
Please note that the defaced ensign and burgee may only be flown by officers of the Association whilst on official duty, and that ordinary members fly either the house/hoist flag or burgee
- see 'hoist flag'.
Official Duty Ensign and Burgee of the
Royal Yachting Association, UK (Graham Bartram)
Notes
a) On a flag pole or mast fitted with a yard (either
ashore or afloat) the senior position is at the starboard yardarm (this being the right hand side
when looking towards the bow of a ship or the left hand when facing a flag pole ashore).
b) When yards carry more than one halyard on a side, the outermost halyard on the
starboard yardarm (or starboard outer) is the most senior position.
Notes
a) In the Royal navy during the 18th and early 19th Centuries, promotions
from and above the rank of post captain were entirely dependent upon seniority regardless of any talent (or lack of it) in the person concerned,
b) thus at Trafalgar (1805) Nelson, although commanding a fleet of 27 ships of the line and four frigates, was only a Vice-Admiral of the White.
National Flag and Emblem of South Korea (fotw): Flag of
Shanghai 1937 – 1948 (fotw)
National Flag of South Africa (fotw)
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