Tacoma Yacht Club (U.S.)

Washington

Last modified: 2013-12-21 by rick wyatt
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image by Harvey Williams, 7 August 2005
Source: dinner ware

• Description of the burgee
• House flag of "Sam Perkins " 1893 steam yacht "El Primero"

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Description of the burgee

Red and blue, divided by a white tilted letter T.

House flag of "Sam Perkins " 1893 steam yacht "El Primero"

image by Harvey Williams, 7 August 2005
Source: dinner ware

This flag, swallow tail with the letter "P," is almost certainly an owner's flag, the "P" of course being "Primero." I've visited Tacoma Yacht Club and found the members to be very helpful, generous people. The owner of the plate should check with Tacoma Yacht Club for further information.
Joseph A. Tringali, 25 August 2006

Double flag image on china is the Tacoma Yacht club on left and the owner's burgee of S.A. Perkins, 301 Perkins Bdlg, Tacoma, WA. Belonged to the following clubs: Tacoma, Seattle, Olympia & Bellingham. Yacht named El Primero, made by Union Iron Works, launched in San Francisco, 1893, rebuilt in Houghton, WA, 1926.
Tom Henderson, 16 March 2007

El Primero is found on site www.commodoreinsignia.com/el_primero.asp and currently is at Gate 1, Blaine, WA, Marina in disrepair.
James Trotman, 2 July 2008

The flag with P and two stars one on above the other..this is the "House Flag of Sam Perkins" (a powerful newspaper editor and the third owner of the El Primero from 1911 till I think 1955. The next flag to the right on this image is the "Launching Flag" I think used at the initial launch or maybe when they are in the act of launching a shoreboat.
Capt. Christian Lint, 29 January 2013
owner Yacht El Primero