by Ivan Sache, 6 September 2003
Last modified: 2003-09-13 by dov gutterman
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The burgee of Lithuanian
Yachting Union (Lietuvos Buriuotojų Sąjunga) is at <www.lbs.lt>.
Jan Mertens, 4 September 2003
by Ivan Sache, 6 September 2003
The burgee of Achema Yacht Club is a triangular blue flag with
a thin (~1/8th of hoist) white stripe in the middle. The logo of
the AYC is placed in the center of the flag (that is horizontally
skewed to the hoist as usual on burgees). On the logo, the word
on the light blue scroll is LIETUVA (Lithuania).
"The beginning of the Club and its activity goes back to the
year 1983. At that time the nitrogen fertilizer plant Azotas
purchased the first yachts and some fans established an open
club. The members of the the Club were participating in different
regattas and sailed to many Baltic Sea ports. The activity of the
Club was interrupted at the period of economic crisis in the
country, nevertheless Bronislovas Lubys, Executive Director of
the above plant, managed to hold the fleet of its plant. From
1994 the activities of the Club depend on that of the plant - the
privatisation of the plant was finished and JSC Achema was
established at the same time. In spring of 1997 the activity of
the Club was restored by the initiative of Bronislovas Lubys,
President of JSC Achema. The Club was registered according to the
requirements of Lithuanian Law as an independent institution, the
founder and owner of which is JSC Achema. All the fleet of JSC
Achema was granted to the Club. The members of the Club were
reregistered.
Source: AYC website <www.achema.com/yachtclub>.
Ivan Sache, 6 September 2003
At Vytautas
the Great War Museum in Kaunas there is info on its
subsidiary, the Museum of Lithuanian Sport. In the
last picture of the page, one can see what appears to be a Kaunas
Yacht Club flag, which is the Naval Ensign
with an emblem in the lower fly.
Jan Mertens, 23 August 2003
Logo of the VYC (maybe used as club flag)
by Ivan Sache, 6 September 2003
Possible burgee of VYC
by Ivan Sache, 6 September 2003
The burgee(?) of Vilnius Yacht Club (Vilniaus Jachtklubas) is
at <vilniausjachtklubas.w3.lt>.
Jan Mertens, 4 September 2003
The logo of Vilnius Yacht Club (Vilniaus Jachtklubas) is a
vertical triangle divided in three vertical stripes
white-blue-white, with a yellow double cross in the middle. On
the website of the VYC <vilniausjachtklubas.w3.lt>>,
the corresponding image is labelled "logo". I assume
that the burgee of the VYC is the logo rotated horizontally, with
the cross kept in vertical position.
The yellow cross on a blue shield is part of the coat of arms and
flag of Vilnius District and Vilnius County. The cross is also shown on
a red field on the coat of arms and flag of the Vilnius City. The cross is also found on
the national Coat of Arms of Lithuania.
The blue shield with the yellow double cross is the shield of
Knight Vytis (the White Knight). The whole story can be read on Coat of Arms page.
Concering the possible burgee of VYC, I have no source, no image
found and it is pure personal reconstruction.
Ivan Sache, 6 September 2003