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image by Rob Raeside, 1 July 2019
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Re-established? 1946. Location: 3147 Voorhies Avenue, Brooklyn.
Burgee:
Pennant circa 5:9 (web image) [drawn as5:8]. Yellow field charged with a blue
area forming a solid letter B at the hoist, and with a blue lozenge to the fly
point.
Sources: accessed 23 June 2019,
https://www.bycmembership.com/
and
https://www.burgees.com/BGroupBo-Bz.htm
Peter Edwards, 30 June
2019
Apparently, in 1946, a new yacht club was created, and it happened to
use a name that was already in use. (The name again may have been dormant
because of the war.)
By 1949, Lloyd's lists two Brooklyn Yacht Clubs: One
the star on red, and the other a burgee blue before red per hoistward chevron
with a centred white capital B, and smaller white capital Y at the hoist and C
at the fly.
In 1950, neither of the two is shown in Lloyd's. Then in
1951, Lloyd's shows the blue-yellow burgee shown above. By 1954, it's no longer
shown. In Lloyd's 1963, the Brooklyn Yacht club of 1946 is listed for the
address of the current BYC, making it likely the 1951 burgee belongs with the
current club, even if they don't picture a burgee themselves.
Peter
Hans van den Muijzenberg, 1 July 2019