South African burgees

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• Lake Deneys Yacht Club
• Langebaan Yacht Club
• Mossel Bay Yacht and Boat Club
• Port Elizabeth Beach Yacht Club
• Royal Natal Yacht Club

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Border Sailing Association

Located in East London, Eastern Cape
Jarig Bakker, 04 Aug 1999

East London Yacht Club

Founded in 1947 in East London, Eastern Cape.
Jarig Bakker, 04 Aug 1999
 

Henley Midmar Yacht Club

Based in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal.
Jarig Bakker, 04 Aug 1999
 

King William's Town Yacht Club

Image from this site. Founded in 1951 and resident at Rooikrantz dam from 1957 until 1992, the club is currently situated at Wriggleswade dam, on the Kubusie river, downstream of Stutterheim in the Eastern Cape.
Jarig Bakker, 04 Aug 1999

Burgee horizontally divided red-blue-red with all fields of the flag fimbriated in yellow, and yacht club acronym KWTYC, in yellow, placed horizontally in the blue stripe.
Ivan Sache, 26 Jan 2002

Knysna Yacht Club

Image from this website. Red burgee with a white K enclosed into a white lifebelt, linked to the three angles of the burgee with white stripes. KYC was founded in 1910. Located in Knysna, Western Cape.
Ivan Sache, 26 Jan 2002
 

Lake Deneys Yacht Club

Image from this website. Lake Deneys Yacht Club, in Deneysville, on the banks of the Vaal Dam (Gauteng).
Dov Gutterman, 27 May 2002
 

Langebaan Yacht Club

Mossel Bay Yacht and Boat Club

Image from this site, founded in 1956. Located in Mosssel Bay, Western Cape.
Jarig Bakker, 04 Aug 1999

Mossel Bay Yacht and Boat Club Club / Mosselbaai Seiljag en Boot Klub. Blue burgee with a white Southern Cross.
Article 3 of Constitution and By-Laws of the Club (Revised: August 1997. Amended: 228.08.1998 & 25.08.2000)
3. Club Insignia
3.1. The Club Flag shall be a triangular pennant with the fly to be 1* times as long as the hoist with Southern Cross consisting of four pentagon stars and one smaller star in white set on a blue background: an example of which shall be retained with the Club records for reference and as registered with the Bureau of Heraldry.
3.2. The Club tie shall consist of a blue tie with the Club burgee with a white margin and partial flag pole embroidered on it:. In the case of club colours it shall have a gold margin: an example of which shall be retained with the Club records for reference.
Ivan Sache, 26 Jan 2002

Port Elizabeth Beach Yacht Club

Image from this site, reported by Jarig Bakker, 23 Jan 2002. Burgee is horizontally divided dark blue-light blue with the silhouette of a sailboat in white shifted to the hoist. Located in Port Elizabeth (Eastern Cape).
Ivan Sache, 26 Jan 2002

Royal Natal Yacht Club

Image from this site, reported by Franc van Diest, 26 Jan 2002. RNYC is the oldest of all the sport clubs in South Africa and the oldest yacht club in Southern Hemisphere. It was founded in May 1858 as the Durban Regatta Club and its name was later changed to Natal Yacht Club. In 1891, the club received a Royal Charter as Royal Natal Yacht Club. The club burgee is a 3:5 triangular flag with a Scandinavian cross blue-red-blue and a royal crown in canton. The crown on my image should be credited to Tod Mills. Located in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
Ivan Sache, 26 Jan 2002

SAVA Journal SJ: 6/97 (December 1997) entitled "The Burgees of Recreational Boating in South Africa - a preliminary checklist" [edr97] provides a detailed overview, with images, of yacht club burgees in South Africa (Ed).