Royal Naval Sailing Association (United Kingdom)

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• Flag of Royal Naval Sailing Association
• Burgee

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• British yacht clubs and sailing clubs index
• Hornet Services Sailing Club
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Flag of Royal Naval Sailing Association

The Royal Naval Sailing Association have their web site at http://www.rnsa.net. Their pages show their burgee as a logo.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 11 April 2013

Burgee

image by Clay Moss, 21 September 2008

For the Royal Australian Naval Sailing Association, we include the remark: "The RANSA burgee is exactly the same as its British counterpart: white, red St. George's Cross, blue naval crown in the middle."
And we have David Prothero reporting on 22 January 2008:
"1936. First ensign for an Association as opposed to a Club: Royal Naval Sailing Association, Blue Ensign."

The logo on the website is indeed close to that shown at Royal Australian Naval Sailing Association. The crown may be slightly larger, and the edges of its white background may run slightly differently, but that's about it.
Photographs showing several, not quite equal, burgees can be found at:
http://www.rnsa.net/Sections/news.aspx?SectionID=40&ItemID=1324
http://www.rnsa.net/Sections/news.aspx?SectionID=46&ItemID=902
http://www.rnsa.net/Sections/news.aspx?SectionID=40&ItemID=1206
http://www.rnsa.net/Sections/news.aspx?SectionID=49&ItemID=1180

At http://www.rnsa.net/Sections/news.aspx?SectionID=40&ItemID=1306 is an image of what appears to be the Rear Commodore flag:
It has a smaller crown, maybe 1/3rd of the hoist in height, and has a red ball centred on each of the hoist quarters. This suggests that the Vice-Commodore will have the same with just the one ball in the top hoist quarter. I wonder whether the Commodore too will have the smaller crown. I also wonder, since the club lists an Admiral as their first flag officer, whether there's an Admiral's flag.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 11 April 2013

Some sources for these flags:

• Letter with a drawn burgee in its header: https://liveicomgrshot.blob.core.windows.net/rnsafiles/...Commodore.pdf
• Burgee drawing as illustration: https://www.rnsa.org.uk/newsitem.aspx?ItemID=5114
• Photograph of a burgee flying: https://www.rnsa.org.uk/newsitem.aspx?ItemID=4729
• Burgees for sale in the shop. (Also includes a version with the cross in the same colour as the crown): https://www.rnsa.org.uk/newsitem.aspx?ItemID=4071