Marseilles (Municipality, France): Flags and burgees of yacht clubs

Part 2

Last modified: 2004-07-17 by ivan sache
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• Introduction
• Union Nautique du Canal de la Douane
• Cercle Nautique Phocéen
• Société des Canotiers Marseillais
• Union Nautique Provençale
• Association des Vieux Marins Bateliers du Vieux Port

See also:

• France
• Marseilles (Municipality, Bouches-du-Rhône, France)
• France: Yacht clubs
• Marseilles: Yacht clubs, part 1
• Marseilles: Yacht clubs, part 3

Introduction

Part 2 of this series shall describe the yacht clubs located on the Quai du Port - north, on right hand when looking at the sea, where the city hall of Marseilles was built.

Ivan Sache, 13 December 2003

Union Nautique du Canal de la Douane

by Ivan Sache

The ancient building of the maritime customs (douane), still in use today, was bordered in the past by a narrow canal.

The burgee of the UNCD is white with a blue cross. A red disc charged with the white letters UN / CD (on two rows) is placed in the middle of the cross.

Ivan Sache, 13 December 2003

Cercle Nautique Phocéen

by Ivan Sache

Phocéen is ofen used as an epithet for the city of Marseilles (la cité phocéenne), as a reference to the early Phocean colons who founded the city of Massilia.

The burgee of the CNP is white with a light blue cross and the blue letters CNP placed on an imaginary diagonal, the N being in the middle of the cross.

Ivan Sache, 13 December 2003

Société des Canotiers Marseillais

by Ivan Sache

Canotiers is a rather old-fashioned word for boaters.

The burgee of the SCM is horizontally divided red-white-red with the blue letters SCM on the white stripe.

by Ivan Sache

The flag of the SCM, a rectangular version of the burgee, is flown over the clubhouse.

Ivan Sache, 13 December 2003

Union Nautique Provençale

by Ivan Sache

The burgee of the UNP is vertically divided regular blue-white (seven stripes), with the red letters U, N and P placed in the white stripes, respectively.

by Ivan Sache

The flag of the UNP, a rectangular version of the burgee, is flown over the clubhouse.

Ivan Sache, 13 December 2003

Association des Vieux Marins Bateliers du Vieux Port

by Ivan Sache

Batelier (from bateau, ship) is another word for seaman.

The burgee of the AVMBVP is white with a light blue cross and a red anchor placed in the middle of the cross.

Ivan Sache, 13 December 2003