Last modified: 2002-09-07 by elias granqvist
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Yacht club ensign:
Ratio same as the national flag (11:18).
Width of the white cross 3/5 units.
Yacht club's badge is always in the upper hoist corner. On a yacht, this ensign can be used as a replacement of the national flag.
Ossi Raivio, 28 August 2001
The 'Nyländsk Jaktklub', formed in 1861, got a flag of a blue St. George's cross on a white field, with the crowned arms of the province of Nyland within two crossed branches (oak?) in the upper hoist quarter. The flag was modelled on the flag of the St.Petersburg Yacht Club, and had the naval colours of the Russian (the flag was a sign of loyalty to the emperor).
In May 1918 a decision was made on a flag of independent Finland. The flag adopted, was very much like the one used by the Yacht Club: A blue cross on a white field. To avoid confusion between civil and naval vessels, the Yacht Club flag was modified by adding a white inner cross. This flag was first hoisted 18 May 1918. Regulations officially approving the flag were issued 11 February 1919. The flag is still in use. The proportions are 55:90 (20-6-3-6-20 : 25-6-3-6-50). The arms of the [historical] provinces are found in the upper hoist quarter (these arms can be found at http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/vaakeng.html#maak).
Source:
· Matti Klinge: Finlands blåvita färger, Helsinki: Schildts, 1988
Jan Oskar Engene, 20 March 1996
Could it be anything else, or are these nine COAs all that could be?
Zeljko Heimer, 2 September 2001
It certainly can be something else, too. I know that �l�ndska
Segels�llskapet uses �land coat-of-arms unchanged [on the Finnish yacht club ensign] and Nyl�ndska
Jaktklubben uses Uusimaa (Nyland) coat-of-arms surrounded with
oak leaves.
I think that there are several hundred different yacht club badges authorized to be used on a yacht club ensign. For example, my birth town Kokkola (35 500 inhabitants) has at least three yacht clubs and each of them has their own yacht club ensign.
The badges are not changed very often. E.g. Nyl�ndska Jaktklubben uses the same badge that was given them by the Russian Emperor in the late 19th Century (or early 20th Century, I don't remember). All badges can be found at Finnish National Archives.
All badges have to be approved by Finnish National Archives and that selection process is very strict. I don't belive that yacht clubs have to meet any special requirements but the boats flying the yacht ensign have to be registered and they must fulfill some safety requirements.
If you own a boat that does not qualify to fly a yacht ensign but you are member of some yacht club you may use yacht owner's pennant which is the yacht ensing in triangular form (of course you need the Finnish national ensign in this case, because this pennant cannot replace national ensign).
Ossi Raivio, 2 and 3 September 2001
Same ensign as the yacht club ensign but with a red stripe along the lower edge.
This ensign is not to be used instead of the national flag.
Ossi Raivio, 28 August 2001
Similar to jury ensign but the stripe is blue, not red.
This ensign is not to be used instead of the national flag.
Ossi Raivio, 28 August 2001
Exact size and shape of the pennants is not specified in the law. The text just says "two-tongued pennant tapering to the fly".
The "yacht commodore" is just name for the chair-person of the club. Each club has its own commodore and vice-commodore pennants. So, several hundreds of these too.
Ossi Raivio, 28 August and 2 September 2001
by Jose C. Alegria, 30 January 2002
Shown in the book "Veneilij�n Lippukirja Flaggbok", the Burgee and Special Ensign of the Borg� Segels�llskap(BSS), established 1906.
The text says:
"Borg� stads vapen med gul kant och kr�nt med en gul murkrona. L�ngs sk�ldens sidor b�jer sig tv� ekl�vskvistar nertill ihopbundna med en bl� rosett. – Porvoon vaakuna, jolla keltainen reunus, kilven p��ll� keltainen kruunu ja sinisell� rusetilla yhteensidotut nousevat tammenlehv�t alla."
Translated to English:
"The arms of the Town of Porvoo with a yellow edge and crowned with a yellow mural crown. Along the sides of the shield two oak leaf twigs are bending, tied together below with a blue bow."
Jose C. Alegria, 30 January 2002; quote translated from Swedish by Elias Granqvist, 30 January 2002
by Jose C. Alegria, 30 January 2002
From the book "Veneilij�n Lippukirja Flaggbok", the burgee and the special yachting ensign of the Dalsbruks Motor & Segelklubb.
The text says:
"Ett svart murankare inneslutet i en r�d-vit repring."
Translated to English:
"A black mural anchor within a red-white ring of rope."
Jose C. Alegria, 30 January 2002; quote translated from Swedish by Elias Granqvist, 30 January 2002
by Jose C. Alegria, 30 January 2002
Another Finnish yacht club with special ensign privileges: Eken�s Segels�llskap, established in 1897, from the book "Veneilij�n Lippukirja Flaggbok".
The text says:
"Eken�s stads vapen kr�nt med en grevekrona. Tv� lagerkvistar stiger upp nerifr�n l�ngs sk�ldens sidor."
Translated to English:
"The arms of the Town of Tammisaari crowned with a count's crown. Two laurel twigs go up from below along the sides of the shield."
Jose C. Alegria, 30 January 2002; quote translated from Swedish by Elias Granqvist, 30 January 2002
by Jose C. Alegria, 30 January 2002
The yacht club Espoon Merenkulkijat was established in 1975. The text about the special ensign logo says:
"Mustassa ympyr�ss� valkoinen kierretty silmukan muodostava k�ysi, jonka p��t ja silmukka suuntautuvat vasempaan."
Translated to English:
"On a black disk a white twisted rope forming a loop. The ends of the rope and the loop are turned to the left."
Jose C. Alegria, 3 February 2002; quote translated from Finnish by Marco Pribilla, 6 February 2002
by Jose C. Alegria, 3 February 2002
Established 1872, this is the special yachting ensign and burgee of the Gamlakarleby Segelf�rening. The text about the ensign�s logo says:
"Gamlakarlebys stads vapen kr�nt med en grevekrona."
Translated to English:
"The municipal arms of Gamlakarleby crowned with a count's crown."
Jose C. Alegria, 3 February 2002; quote translated from Swedish by Ivan Sache, 3 February 2002
Gamlakarleby (I guess Old Karleby) is known in Finnish as Kokkola. It is
located on the Gulf of Bothnia.
Ivan Sache, 3 February 2002
Gamlakarleby does mean Old Karleby (or really "Oldkarleby"), but the town
readopted its original name Karleby in 1979. I suppose this does not
necessarily mean that the sailing society changed its name accordingly.
"New Karleby" is a smaller town further south on the coast, which in
Swedish is called Nykarleby and in Finnish Uusikarlepyy.
Elias Granqvist, 6 February 2002
The boats flying the yacht ensign have to be registered and they must fulfill some safety requirements. If you own a boat that does not qualify to fly a yacht ensign but you are member of some yacht club you may use this yacht owner's pennant which is the yacht ensign in triangular form (of course you need the Finnish national ensign in this case, because this pennant cannot replace national ensign).
Ossi Raivio, 3 September 2001
The pennant is described in the "Suomen veneilyliitto" book as: "Veneenomistajan viiri, Båt�garvimpel" [editor's note: these are the names for this pennant in Finnish and in Swedish]. I received help to draw the lion from Luismi Arias.
Jose C. Alegria, 30 October 2001
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