Last modified: 2015-06-22 by ian macdonald
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image by Clay Moss, 1 Oct 2007
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The history of the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, Sydney, Australia can be found at
their webpage.
The defacement on the blue ensign is the clubs rendition of a ducal coronet.
The placement of the coronet in the lower 1/8 fly end is correct and
intentional according to a club member. The RPAYC also sent a picture of
their ensign that verifies placement.
Clay Moss, 21 July 2007
image by Clay Moss, 9 Feb 2008
John Lancer had me draw up a different crown based on a photo that he provided [seen at the top of the page]. Anyway, during my visit to Australia last month, I had the pleasure of visiting with John Vaughan. John's flag company Australiana Flags has made ensigns for the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, and John has a photo of the ensign catalogued in an immaculate photo library of flags. In John's photo, the ducal coronet is clearly of the more standard variety [depicted above].
So, my guess is that the club utilizes ensigns containing both crowns as we
have photographic evidence of both.
Clay Moss, 9 February 2008
image by Clay Moss, 21 Jul 2007
The burgee contains a St. Edward's crown which is also correct.
Clay Moss, 21 July 2007