Yacht Officers' flags (U.S.)

Last modified: 2016-02-12 by rick wyatt
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• Yacht Commodore
• Yacht Vice Commodore
• Yacht Rear Commodore
• Yacht Past Commodore
• Yacht Fleet Captain
• Honorary Commodore
• Commodore Emeritus
• Other positions

See also:

• U.S. Maritime flags
• Yacht Clubs' flags (index)
• United States of America

Here are some of the more common yacht club officer flags. Since most of the ones I sell are the small 12"x18" size, I have used the ratio 2:3.
Rick Wyatt, 1 January 1999

Yacht Commodore

image by Rick Wyatt, 1 January 1999

Yacht Vice Commodore

image by Rick Wyatt, 1 January 1999

Yacht Rear Commodore

image by Rick Wyatt, 1 January 1999

Yacht Past Commodore

image by Rick Wyatt, 1 January 1999

Yacht Fleet Captain

image by Rick Wyatt, 1 January 1999

Honorary Commodore

image by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 14 October 2009

Commodore Emeritus

image by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 14 October 2009

Other positions

A book with illustrations of alternative Yacht Club Officers Flags is:
Collier, J.R., Capt, USN (Ret.), Yachting Signal Book, Cornell Maritime Press, Centerville, MD, 1985. pp. 118.

On p. 105 He illustrates the following:

Fleet Secretary = Blue flag with a single white quill. point down in lower hoist;
Fleet Treasurer = Blue Flag with white acorn
Fleet Steward = Blue Flag with a white three legged cooking pot;
Fleet Computerman = White Broad Pennant with a blue "Pi";
Fleet Measurer = Blue flag with a white "Pi";
Fleet Boatswain= Blue flag with crossed fouled anchors
Fleet Gunner = Blue Flag with white flaming grenade
Fleet Purser = Blue Flag with crossed keys
Fleet Navigator = Blue flag with white sextant
Fleet Chaplain, Christian = Blue Flag with white Latin Cross
Fleet Chaplain, Jewish = Blue flag with white tablets of Moses

Jim Ferrigan, 4 November 2009