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image by Rob Raeside, 25 June 2018
Estb: 1904. Location: Whitstable, Kent.
Burgee: Pennant 1:2 (image). Blue
field superimposed by a red Canterbury Cross upon a white shield outlined with a
thin blue line
fimbriated white.
Source: More images for
Whitstable Yacht Club.
"The burgee of the club shall be the
Canterbury Cross in red on a white shield with a blue background. The burgee may
be flown by any member."
Source:
http://wyc.org.uk/downloads/WYC_Rules_2018.0.24.pdf
"Originally
called the Whitstable Yacht Racing Committee, it was set up by Fred Goldfinch, a
wealthy local grocer and ship owner, and Alf Bates who had a Cycle Agency in
Canterbury. . . . it was not until 1904 that they decided to form a club, called
the Kent Yacht Club . . . . In 1906 the name was changed to Whitstable Yacht
Club as the original title was felt to be too presumptuous. . . . In the 1980s
the Club was one of the few established Yacht Clubs in the country to encourage
windsurfing. "
Source: A brief history, Ian Wilde. http://wyc.org.uk/about/history
Burgee circa 1925
image located by Peter Edwards, 18 June 2018
Source: Lloyd’s Register of Yachts. London: 1925.
Peter Edwards,
18 June 2018