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In Hungary there are 83 "official" yacht clubs. All
of them have got own flags. For example:
- Kerekded Vitorlás Club, Csopak - <www.kereked.hu>
- Spartacus Vitorlás Egylet - <www.spartacus.hu>
- Balatonfüredi Yacht Club - <www.extra.hu/byc1>
István Molnár, 28 October 2001
image
by István Molnár, 8 June 2001
Based on <www.hunsail.hu>.
István Molnár, 8 June 2001
image
by István Molnár, 28 October 2001
Fertő-tavi Vitorlás Szövetség - Yachting Association of
the Fertő Lake, based on <www.hunsail.hu/lobogo.htm>.
István Molnár, 28 October 2001
image
by István Molnár, 3 January 2002
Spartacus Vitorlás Egylet flag at <www.spartacus.hu>.
Picture originally at <www.extra.hu/spari>.
István Molnár, 28 October 2001 and 3 January 2002
image
by István Molnár, 28 October 2001
Velencei-tavi Vizisport Szövetség - Yachting Association of
the Velencei Lake.
István Molnár, 28 October 2001
image by User:Thommy9 of the Wikimedia Commons, 29 May 2017
Estb: 1867. Location: Zakonyi Ferenc utca 2, Balatonfured.
Burgee: Pennant circa 9:15 (web image). Blue field charged with a
white St.George’s cross and a yellow St. Stephen’s crown in the
canton.
Source "Following the English example, a group of Hungarian noblemen founded
the first sailing club of Hungary called the Yacht Club of
Balaton-Füred on 16 March 1867. . . . Count Ödön Batthány, who sailed
and won regattas in England, became the president of the Club. . . .
The development of Hungarian sailing was facilitated by the fact that
in 1881 an English shipbuilder, Richard Young started to build the
first sailing boats in his workshop located next to our present-day
clubhouse. . . . On 14 September 1884, the Stefánia Yacht Club was
founded, and Duke Mihály Esterházy became its Commodore. . . . The
clubhouse, which was built based on the plans of Alajos Hausszmann, is
the building of ’Vitorlás’ Restaurant today. . . . On 24 June 1912,
the name of the Club was changed into Hungarian Yacht Club, but in the
next year it was changed again, and with the permission of the
Interior Minister and with the approval of the King, the Club was
named Royal Hungarian Yacht Club. . . . In 1948, after World War II,
the Home Office dissolved every social organization, the Royal
Hungarian Yacht Club as well. It gave the right of property management
of the clubhouse over to the Balaton Shipping Workers Sports Club.
The founder and organizer of this Club was István Németh, who became
also the president of the National Social Yachting Association. The
Club was named Balatonfüred Vasas SC in 1951. . . . In 1964, the new
three-storey clubhouse was built in the place of the old ’inner
shipyard’, thus the Club already bearing the name MHD Vasas moved from
the building designed by Hausszmann, and gave it over to Hungar
Hotels. . . . On 22 April 1990, the General Assembly of the Club voted
for a statute and a new name. The Balatonfüred Sport Club was
established, which included six sections. A sailor, Károly Simon was
elected president of the Club. . . . In 1996, the Sports Law passed
the ownership of some sports properties to their operators. Thanks to
this law the BSC submitted a tender and it became the owner of the
sailing site, the football field and another area. Sailors raised the
idea of becoming independent because they aimed to adapt quickly to
the changing social situation. Following long preparatory
negotiations, sailors and water hikers seceded the BSC and founded the
Balatonfüred Yacht Club non-profit organization.”
Source: (Translation by Google, accessed 14 April 2019).
Peter Edwards,18 April, 2019 (With the generous assistance of Anna Varró, BYC's marketing/media/rendezvény)
