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The page at www.well.com/user/pk/yachtclubs.html gives a list of links towards the homepages of the Yacht Clubs of the Bay of San Francisco, and most of them show their flag on their respective homepage.
Ivan Sache, 24 May 2010
![[Alameda Yacht Club]](../images/u/us~yc-al.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
Alameda Yacht Club -
http://www.alamedayachtclub.org:
"The Alameda Yacht Club was founded in
1985 and provides membership for both sail and power boats. The clubs goals are
to promote recreational activities that will interest many of its members. ...
The AYC clubhouse is located in Historic Fortman Marina, once home to the Alaska
Packers Fishing Company in the early 1900's."
Bylaws
"Article III -
CLUB BURGEE
The signal flag of the Club shall be a white swallow tail flag,
with a star in each upper corner, and “A” centered, with an anchor in back of
the “A”.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 2 March 2010
![[Alameda Yacht Club]](../images/u/us~yc-al2.gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin , 15 August 2007
This is probably an older (or newer) version, made from a photo of this labeled ALAMEDA_FLAG.jpg, which was probably pointed to by Michael Smuda. It similar to the City of Alameda flag, with intertwined "A" and anchor, in brown (while the city flag has it in red), all on a background and flag shape taken from the "A" flag of ICS. It also includes a thin wavy stripe at the bottom of the flag (where the city flag shows a straight stripe), counterchanged and with the white part so stretched that it has three waves just like the (shorter) blue part. There's also two 5-pointed stars at both sides of the main emblem: brown on white and
white on blue.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 August 2007
![[Ballena Bay Yacht Club]](../images/u/us~yc-bb.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
Ballena Bay Yacht Club - http://www.bbyc.org:
"Ballena Bay Yacht Club is an all volunteer, non profit organization ... located within Ballena Isle Marina on the western side of Alameda, California just across from San Francisco." The burgee is shown as a graphic on their
website.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 2 March 2010
I guess 'ballena' means whale in Spanish (in French, 'baleine'). A canting burgee!
Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
![[Bay View Boat Club]](../images/u/us~yc-bv.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
Bay View Boat Club -
http://www.bayviewboatclub.org:
The first meeting of the club was 17
April 1961, and they're in the San Francisco Bay area.
The burgee is shown as
a graphic on their website.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 2 March 2010
![[Berkeley Yacht Club]](../images/u/us~yc-bk.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
Berkeley Yacht Club - www.berkeleyyc.org:
"Berkeley Yacht Club is in the Berkeley Marina, on the south side of the harbor entrance channel. The club was founded
in 1939, and the clubhouse was built by members between 1940 and 1974." The burgee is shown as a graphic on their website.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 2 March 2010
![[Club Nautique]](../images/u/us~yc-cn.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
Club Nautique - www.clubnautique.net/about: Established in 1980, this organisation claims that it's "not just a sailing school or rent-a-boat operation". The burgee is shown as a graphic on their website.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 2 March 2010
The white letters CN form the outline of a sailing boat on the burgee.
Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
![[Corinthian Yacht Club]](../images/u/us~yc-cr.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
Founded in 1886, the second oldest Yacht Club on the West Coast, located in Tiburon. There was a tradition to use Greek names to name Yacht Clubs.
Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
Corinthian Yacht Club - http://www.cyc.org:
Uses the title "Corinthian Yacht Club of San Francisco", presumably to distinguish it from the Chicago club of the same name. "The Corinthian was founded in 1886 by a group of high-spirited young yachtsmen who wanted to promote amateur small boat yachting in the Bay Area. The word "Corinthian" is taken in the sailing world to mean "amateur" and is derived from the Corinthian games in ancient Greece, contemporary to the Olympic games and took place on the Isthmus of Corinth. The Colonial Revival clubhouse - the oldest on the West Coast - was built in 1911, and offers a spectacular unobstructed view of San Francisco Bay."
Burgee in black and white is visible on a photograph from around 1900:
www.cyc.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=4067, among a number of year flags. More of the latter in www.cyc.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=4065. [I know of year flags as trophies; but what are these?] Another, one of several with the burgee flown: www.cyc.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=3968.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 2 March 2010
![[Coyote Point Yacht Club]](../images/u/us~yc-cp.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
Coyote Point Yacht Club - http://www.cpyc.com:
Coyote Point Yacht Club is located at Coyote Point in San Mateo. It's a merger, from the nineties, of the older Coyote Point and Palo Alto Yacht Clubs.
2009 constitution:
"Section 3 Burgee
The Burgee of the Club shall be a pointed flag in red, white, and blue with the white vertical diamond containing
a red five-pointed star in its center, bounded by blue at the hoist and red at the fly. Any boat duly enrolled in the Club fleet may take part in any of the Club’s regattas and fly the Club Burgee. The original Coyote Point burgee remained in effect until January 1, 2000."
This suggests that the pre-merger club had a different burgee, and also that the diamond should not be a tile, but should be higher than wide. The burgee is shown as a graphic on their website.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 2 March 2010
![[Encinal Yacht Club]](../images/u/us~yc-en.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
Encinal Yacht Club - http://www.encinal.org:
"The Encinal Yacht Club was founded in 1890 by a group of boating enthusiasts to ensure the continuation of recreational sailing and boating on the San Francisco Bay. The original burgee portrayed the single blue star on a
white triangular field with red swallow tails. About 1910, the burgee was changed to the current pennant shape. This original burgee was recreated for our centennial and a few may be seen now. You may also see an Encinal burgee with a
field of blue along the staff with three white stars. These are given, each year, to the retiring Commodore in recognition of his or her service to the club. From its inception until the mid 1950's, the club was located on the bay side of Alameda Island on a pier. Post war landfill operations forced a relocation."
A graphic of a triangular flag, with one of the points of the star pointing up, is shown on their website.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 2 March 2010
![[Fremont Sailing Club]](../images/u/us~yc-fr.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
Fremont Sailing Club: www.christman.org/fsc/fsc.html.
Founded in 1968, located in Fremont.
Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
Fremont Sailing Club - www.fremontsailingclub.org:
"The Fremont Sailing Club is an organization of approximately seventy-five families who have joined together to
enjoy small boat sailing and related activities. These include regularly scheduled race events and special regattas at Lake Elizabeth in Fremont's Central Park."
By laws:
"17. FLAG
The flag of the Fremont Sailing Club shall be a pennant with the design consisting of a white block letter “F”
superimposed on a triangular field with its base, the hoist and its apex approximately 1/3 of the distance to the point of the pennant, and a red field outside of a triangle with its base the hoist and its apex approximately 2/3 of the distance to the point of the pennant, the red and blue fields being separated by a white field."
Though impossible, the description seems to suggest in the image shown above, the blue is too wide, taking up white space.
The burgee is shown as part of a seal-like graphic on their website.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 2 March 2010
![[Golden Gate Yacht Club]](../images/u/us~yc-gg.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
The canting burgee includes a solid red Golden Gate Bridge.
Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
Golden Gate Yacht Club - http://www.ggyc.com:
"The Golden Gate Yacht Club was founded in 1939, when members built the first clubhouse on a barge located in the San Francisco Marina. Fifty years later, the Loma Prieta Quake severely damaged the Club, but through the hard work and dedication of our members, the Club rose again ..." GGYC is currently the home of the old mug [and they won't let you miss that].
The burgee is shown as a graphic on their website, and looks somewhat different from our image. It may be necessary to contact them to find out what the cloth version looks like.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 2 March 2010
![[Island Yacht Club]](../images/u/us~yc-iy.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
A nice interlacing of letters I Y C appears on the burgee.
Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
Island Yacht Club - <http://www.iyc.org/>:
"IYC was founded in 1970 by a group of sailboat racers who wanted to offer the best possible value in a yacht club. Located in the Alameda Marina on the sunny and calm Oakland / Alameda Estuary ... IYC is an all volunteer non-profit Yacht Club open to any and all interested in sail or power. ... IYC is for boaters who seek camaraderie and fellowship without pretense."
By laws 2009:
"ARTICLE VIII - CLUB BURGEE
8.1 The Club Burgee shall be a triangular shaped flag 14” high and 24” wide and shall be made up of red, blue, and yellow colors with red over yellow on the outside portion of the triangle and a blue triangle at the mast side of the flag. A black 8” I.Y.C. monogram shall be placed on each side of the flag overlapping all three colors of the flag.
8.2 Any larger or smaller version or reproduction of the Club Burgee shall have dimensions that are proportional to the Club Burgee."
Apparently, the monogram should be readable on both sides. The burgee is shown as a graphic on their website, and appears in a photograph currently on the front page.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 2 March 2010
![[Marina Bay Yacht Club]](../images/u/us~yc-mb.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
Marina Bay Yacht Club - www.marinabayyc.com:
"Marina Bay Yacht Club is an all volunteer yacht club headquartered in Richmond, California at the beautiful Marina Bay Yacht Harbor on the eastern side of San Francisco Bay. ... Marina Bay Yacht Club members cruise out to meet each month at different locations throughout the San Francisco Bay and Delta region. Depending on conditions, members will sail or
power over to a planned destination, while others may drive for a fun evening with their fellow members."
"MARINA BAY YACHT CLUB was founded in 1986, the most recent year of arrival of Halley's Comet. Thus the Club adopted a burgee depicting a yellow star comet against a blue background." The burgee is shown as a graphic on their website, with a very dark blue colour, within a circle of eleven stars. In the history section a drawing with a lighter blue is used.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 2 March 2010
![[Oakland Yacht Club]](../images/u/us~yc-ok.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
Oakland Yacht Club - www.oaklandyachtclub.com:
"In January 1913, a handful of sailors met at Peterson's Boat House at the foot of 12th Street in Oakland. They formed
Oakland Yacht Club which was incorporated in December of that year. ... Oakland Yacht Club is The ninth yacht club to be formed in The Bay Area. The others are Alvarado and San Francisco, formed in 1869, followed by Corinthian, Encinal,
California, South Bay, Vallejo and Aeolian. Jack London ... the famous author-adventurer was a member from 1913 until his death in 1916. ... Demands by the Port of Oakland, owner of the Oakland property, caused relations to become strained. In January 1977, OYC members voted to abandon the Oakland property and move to Alameda and take over Pacific Marina."
The burgee is shown as a graphic on their website. Some details seem a bit different. It may be necessary to contact them to find out what the cloth version looks like.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 2 March 2010
![[Peninsula Yacht Club]](../images/u/us~yc-py.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
Located in Redwood City.
Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
Peninsula Yacht Club - pycboating.org/uptown (among other clubs with the same name):
"Peninsula Yacht Club was founded in 1960. Our building was originally an old water tower built in the 1800's, probably for filling steam ships" Both the burgee visible on the website and the one painted on the club house, have a blue line and a white centre.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 2 March 2010
![[Richmond Yacht Club]](../images/u/us~yc-ry.gif)
image located by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 2 March 2010
Richmond Yacht Club - www.richmondyc.org:
By laws 2010:
"ARTICLE 5: FLAGS AND INSIGNIA
Section 5.1 Flags and Insignia. The Board of Directors of the Club may adopt such flags and insignia for the Club as they may deem proper." A burgee is shown as a graphic on their website. Actual images of burgees show it slightly
different:
www.richmondyc.org/Flag-Officers~194358~13823.htm,
cirrus2008.blogspot.com/2008/08/race-flags-and-yaucht-club-burgees.html, www.yelp.com/biz/richmond-yacht-club-richmond.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 2 March 2010
![[Sacramento Yacht Club]](../images/u/us~yc-sc.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
Sacramento Yacht Club - http://www.sacyc.com:
"SYC is a private club with the principal goal of enhancing safe recreational boating in the Sacramento area. We offer many events and facilities to accomplish this. ... SYC is primarily a "Volunteer Club", meaning that member
effort constitutes a large part of the maintenance and upgrade of our Club." The burgee is shown as graphics on their website. It appears slightly longer than the image we have.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 2 March 2010
![[St. Francis Yacht Club]](../images/u/us~yc-stfran.gif)
image by Rob Raeside, 20 April 2010
St. Francis Yacht Club - http://www.stfyc.com:
Bylaws:
"2.1 Burgee - The burgee of the Club shall be a pointed flag the width two-thirds the length; the device two white triangular fields (based on the hoist) each in width one-half the width of the entire flag and in length one-half the length of the entire flag; a five-pointed red star with a diameter 22% of the width (hoist), each with one point upward in each of said two white fields, located at one-third the length of the field and half the width of the field; a navy (old glory) blue triangular field between the two said white fields; and the remaining triangular field red; all the triangular fields being of the same size."
The St. Francis Yacht Club is located On the Marina, San Francisco, CA. "The St. Francis Yacht Club was founded in 1927 ... The yacht harbor was begun as part of the Panama Pacific Exposition of 1915, to mark the opening of the Panama
Canal."
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 2 May 2010
![[San Francisco Yacht Club]](../images/u/us~yc-sf.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
San Francisco Yacht Club - http://www.sfyc.org:
"Founded in 1869, The San Francisco Yacht Club is the oldest Yacht Club on the Pacific Coast of North America. ... It operates year-round facilities including the harbor, a dry sail storage area and full service restaurant and bar. The Club has a very active racing and Junior Sailing program and all members are committed to the Corinthian traditions of yachting." The burgee is shown as graphics on their website.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 2 March 2010
![[San Jose Sailing Club]](../images/u/us~yc-sj.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
San Jose Sailing Club - www.sanjosesailingclub.com:
"San Jose Sailing Club represents a broad cross-section of bay area sailors who find in the SJSC an active community
dedicated to enjoying sailing in all kinds of craft, ranging from dinghies to trailerables, to cruisers docked in marinas around the bay." The burgee is shown as graphics on their website. (It might be that it's slightly longer, but
this could well be artistic freedom.)
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 2 March 2010
![[San Leandro Yacht Club]](../images/u/us~ycsleandro.gif)
image by Bruce Moon, 21 February 2005
The San Leandro Yacht Club flies a triangular, red bordered burgee with a white field, the hoist and fly divided by red lines into 4 regions of equal area. Centered at the crossing is a red compass rose, with 4 of its points aligned to the dividing lines.
Bruce Moon, 21 February 2005
San Leandro Yacht Club - www.sanleandroyc.org:
"1963 ... January 3 - The San Leandro Yacht Club was founded by five yachtsmen of vision meeting in the upstairs conference room of the McKissick Pontiac Dealership on East 14th Street in San Leandro as a paper club.
June 19 - The design of the San Leandro Yacht Club Burgee was approved. The San Leandro Yacht Club flies a triangular, red bordered burgee with a white field, the hoist and fly divided by red lines into 4 regions of equal area. Centered at the crossing is a red compass rose, with 4 of its points aligned to the dividing lines. ... 1975 ... October - The first presentation
of the San Leandro Yacht Club Skunk Flag was to Port Captain Ray Mitchell to honor the style with which a crew member on LORCAT fell overboard while entering the harbor, in full view of the Oyster Point Yacht Club hosts of our cruise-out.
..."
The burgee is shown as several graphics on this webpage, as a link: www.sanleandroyc.org/burgee.html.
"The San Leandro Yacht Club flies a triangular, red bordered burgee with a white field, the hoist and fly divided by red lines into 4 regions of equal area. Centered at the crossing is a red compass rose, with 4 of its points aligned to the dividing lines."
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 2 March 2010
![[Santa Cruz Yacht Club]](../images/u/us~yc-sz.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
Founded on 5 January 1928, located in Santa Cruz. Another canting burgee, featuring the Holly Cross (Santa Cruz in Spanish).
Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
Santa Cruz Yacht Club - http://www.scyc.org:
The burgee is shown as a graphic on their website.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 2 March 2010
![[Sierra Point Yacht Club]](../images/u/us~yc-si.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
Sierra Point Yacht Club - www.sierrapointyc.org:
"Sierra Point Yacht Club promotes social interaction among the membership and with other yacht clubs, with the intent of encouraging safe, enjoyable pleasure-boating." The burgee is shown as a graphic on their website.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 2 March 2010
![[Stockton Sailing Club]](../images/u/us~yc-sk.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
Stockton Sailing Club - www.stocktonsc.org:
"The club was started in about 1933 by a few youngsters who went to Stockton High School and hung around the Stephens Brothers Boat Works. They built their own boats and kept them tied to the bank just west of the boat yard. Meetings were held in a loft over the garage at the Stephen's home on Baker Street. ... The original name was Ionic Sailing Club, named for early Greek sailors in the yacht club traditions of names like Aeolian and Corinthian. The club officially incorporated in 1940. The name was changed to Stockton Sailing Club in 1952. By this time members were entering regattas in the Bay area. The Stockton Sailing Club won their share of races, but the question was always: Ionic Sailing Club, where is that? The solution was to change the I on the burgee to S to identify with Stockton. In 1965 the articles of incorporation were finely amended."
The current burgee is shown as a graphic on their website, in a somewhat fatter version than the one we show.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 2 March 2010
![[Tiburon yacht Club]](../images/u/us~yc-tb.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
Founded in 1965 as Paradise Yacht Club, incorporated in 17 May 1965 as Paradise Harbour Yacht Club, renamed on 17 May 1980 Tiburon Yacht Club.
Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
Tiburon Yacht Club - http://www.tyc.org:
"Tiburon Yacht Club is a friendly, informal club ... located on the east side of the Tiburon peninsula at Paradise Cay Marina, ... emphatically a "Yacht" Club rather than a "Social" Club." A picture of an actual burgee can be seen in the "Gear" section; it turns out to use a T in a slightly different font.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 2 March 2010
![[Vallejo Yacht Club]](../images/u/us~yc-vl.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000
Vallejo Yacht Club - http://www.vyc.org:
"Founded in 1900, VYC enjoys a proud heritage and an active membership. We offer cruising, racing and social events throughout the year."
The front page currently includes what appears to be a clipped photograph of a burgee. Relative sizes seem to be somewhat different.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 2 March 2010
Here are the listed Clubs which do not provide information on their burgee
(8/32):
Cal Sailing Club: burgee not shown
Lake Merritt Boating Center:
burgee not shown
Oyster Point Yacht Club: 404
San Rafael Yacht Club: no
reply
Sausalito Yacht Club: no reply
Sausalito Cruising Club: 404
Sequoia Yacht Club: 404
Stanford University Sailing Team: burgee not shown
Ivan Sache, 24 May 2000