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![[Bar Yacht Club]](../images/g/gb~bar.gif)
image by Clay Moss, 16 May 2007
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The Bar Yacht Club was established in London in about 1937, and was granted a
special ensign in 1956. Bar is the collective name given to those lawyers known
as barristers who are qualified to plead in the higher courts. The emblem is a
roll of parchment tied with red tape. In Britain 'red tape' is a phrase for
annoying and unnecessary rules and regulations. It is a reference to the red
tape (which is actually pink) used by government offices to tie up bundles of
papers. There is a passing reference to the club at
http://www.lcsc.org.uk/program/main.php?page=bar.
David Prothero, 16 May 2007
![[Bar Yacht Club burgee]](../images/g/gb_barb.gif)
image by Clay Moss, 16 May 2007