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West Lancashire Yacht Club (United Kingdom)

Burgee
Rules

Burgee

image by Peter Edwards, 24 November 2017

Location: Marine Lake, Southport.

Burgee: "The Club adopted the Lancastrian Red Rose as its burgee emblem. However as this closely resembled the Commercial Code flag for the letter ‘C’, the Club soon decided to adopt the ‘Golden Lion’ on a blue burgee. The lion was a direct copy of part of the Lancashire crest."

Source: Image and Quote https://wlyc.org.uk
Peter Edwards, 23 November 2017

In 1894, the Commercial Code for the letter 'C' would have been a white pennant bearing a red dot.

Lancaster used the Red rose on a white field; (it was in the early 21st century that Lancashire place the rose on a Gold field to have it registered).

Lloyd's Register of Yachts for 1895-1896 does indeed show a white burgee with the Lancaster rose, the the middle sepal pointing downward.

Concerning the adoption of the ‘Golden Lion’ on a blue burgee, where the lion was a direct copy of part of the Lancashire crest, Lloyd's Register of Yachts for 1896-1897 does indeed show a lion on a blue field. This first year, it's a white lion. It's only in 1897-1898 that the lion turns gold. Whether that's a mistake by Lloyd's or whether there really was an intermediate burgee, the register doesn't tell.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 20 March 2021

Rules

WEST LANCASHIRE YACHT CLUB
Founded 1894
https://wlyc.org.uk

RULES
(Adopted at Special General Meeting 21st December 1967 and amended at subsequent AGMs and Special Meetings
Last updated June 2019)

The Club shall be called “THE WEST LANCASHIRE YACHT CLUB”.
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V – Flag
The Club flag shall be a blue burgee with a yellow lion statant gardant crowned with a ducal coronet and differenced with a label of three points. The Commodore’s flag shall be the Club flag with swallow tails. The Vice Commodore’s flag shall be the Club flag with swallow tails and one white ball. The burgee for past-flag rank shall be the Club flag with swallow tails but with the colours reversed and may be worn by the past Commodores and such other persons who may be granted the privilege by the Committee.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 20 March 2021