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Var (Department, France): Yacht clubs

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Club Nautique de Sainte-Maxime

Burgee of CNsM - Image by Ivan Sache, 19 July 2003

Sainte-Maxime (7,000 inhabitants) is a sea resort located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, facing Saint-Tropez.
Club Nautique de Sainte-Maxime (CNSM) was founded in 1937. The burgee of CNSM is made of three nested triangles, red, white and blue.

Source: CNSM website

Ivan Sache, 19 July 2003

Club Nautique de Saint-Raphaël

Burgee of CNS - Image by Ivan Sache, 15 May 2001

Saint-Raphaël (25,000 inhabitants is a sea resort, whose port saw on 9 October 1799 the landing of Bonaparte coming back from Egypt. On 28 April 1814, Napoléon (Bonaparte) left the port of Saint-Raphaël for Elba Island.
Club Nautique de Saint-Raphaël (CNS) has a burgee made of five vertical stripes blue-white-red-white-blue.

Source: CNS website

Ivan Sache, 15 May 2001

Société Nautique du Golfe des Lecques

Burgee of SNGL - Image by Ivan Sache, 23 December 2003

Les Lecques is a small sea resort located on the eponymous gulf, on the Mediterranean Sea, east of La Ciotat. Les Lecques is administratively part of the municipality of Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer.
The burgee of Société Nautique du Golfe des Lecques is orange with two horizontal black stripes and the black letters SNGL. The logotype of the yacht club shows a kind of Norse boat, whose sail is orange with two vertical black stripes. The SNGL was founded in 1948.

Source: SNGL website

Ivan Sache, 23 December 2003

Société Nautique de Sanary

Burgee of SNS - Image by Ivan Sache, 27 February 2012

The municipality of Sanary-sur-Mer (17,068 inhabitants in 2008; 1,924 ha) is located on the Mediterranean coast, between Marseilles and Toulon.
The Société Nautique de Sanary (SNS) was founded in 1927. The burgee of the SNS (photo) is blue with a red triangle in the middle.

Ivan Sache, 27 February 2012