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Estb: 1837. Location: Launceston, TAS.
Burgee: Pennant 1:2. White field
charged with a blue St. George style cross centred 2 units from hoist.
Source: accessed 18 December 2018,
https://www.facebook.com/Tamar-Yacht-Club-180881512012020/
"FLAGS,
DRESS & EMBLEMS: 14.
(1) The Club flag shall be the National Flag of the
Commonwealth of Australia.
(2) (a) The Club burgee shall be white with a royal blue cross.
(b)
Except by permission of the Club, members shall only fly the burgee on yachts on
the Yacht Register.
(c) The burgee shall be at least fifteen centimetres in
the hoist and thirty centimetres in the fly.
(3) (a) The Commodore’s flag shall be the burgee with swallow-tail.
(b)
The Vice-Commodore’s flag shall be the burgee with swallow-tail with one royal
blue disc in the upper canton.
(c) The Rear-Commodore’s flag shall be the
burgee with swallow-tail with two royal discs, one in the upper canton and one
in
the lower canton.
(d) The Past Commodore’s flag shall be a rectangular
flag similar to the Club burgee in design, with the letter “R” in the upper
canton."
Source: accessed 6 January 2019,
https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/piano.revolutionise.com.au/site/ajcqrrphebpi9a1n.pdf
"September 2nd, 1837, also saw a report published in the Launceston
newspaper 'The Cornwall Chronicle' of the formation of the Tamar Yacht Club
'with eight yachts and plans to hold a regatta on the occasion of the Queen's
Birthday.' This report is the basis for Tamar Yacht Club's claim to be the
oldest yacht club in the southern hemisphere. . . . The Club went on to
establish a clubhouse and jetty at Park Street, Launceston. A slip yard was
built to provide maintenance facilities for member's boats. Racing and cruising
was conducted from this base, with a Start/Finish 'box' constructed in the
nearby Royal Park grounds. . . . In 1955 the Club purchased a new clubhouse at 7
Park Street, . . . In 1996 the Club purchased the Beauty Point Marina to provide
safe mooring facilities for the club member's craft. . . . 2008 saw some
significant changes at the Tamar Yacht Club. The opening of a new club house in
the grounds of the Beauty Point Marina, in addition to the facilities in
Launceston, some 37nm away, has enabled a wider program of sailing events and
activities.”
Source: accessed 7 January 2019,
http://tyc.yachting.org.au/our-club/history/
Peter Edwards, 13
January 2019