burgee
Club boat flag
A burgee is a small triangular or swallow-tailed flag flown from the masthead of a yacht or sailboat to indicate membership in a particular yacht club or sailing organization.
Each club has its own distinctive burgee design, typically featuring the club's colors and emblem.
The commodore's burgee flew proudly from the mast.
Burgees serve both as identification and as a point of pride among recreational sailors.
Tapering nautical flag
- ensignFlag or junior officer
- standardLevel of quality accepted
- emblemRepresentational sign or device
- colorsVisual spectrum variations
bunting · pennon · jack · guidon · banderole · triangular · hoist · fly
State of belonging
- insigniaDistinguishing mark of rank
- affiliationFormal organizational connection
- commodoreOne-star naval officer
- squadronMilitary aviation unit
marina · clubhouse · fleet · roster · regatta · sailing club · yacht club · racing
pennant
Tapering nautical flag
colors · bunting · pennon · jack · guidon · banderole · triangular · hoist · fly · halyard
membership
State of belonging
- insigniaDistinguishing mark of rank
- affiliationFormal organizational connection
- commodoreOne-star naval officer
squadron · marina · clubhouse · fleet · roster · regatta · sailing club · yacht club · racing · emblem
regatta
Organized boat racing event
port · keel · tiller · sloop · ketch · yawl · catamaran · dinghy · skipper · tack
- yacht clubsyacht club, sailing club, clubhouse, commodore, club dues
- wind indicatorsanemometer, wind vane, weathervane, windsock, wind sock
- flag elementsstripes, stars, crosses, crescents, tricolor
- Water Clubsyacht club, sailing club, rowing club, boat club, canoe club
- heraldic flagsstandard, pennon, pennant, guidon, ensign
- nautical signalssignal flag, signal flags, golf flag, semaphore, substitutes
- Burgess ShaleCambrian lagerstätte in Canada
- Burgess Meredith