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Danish Yacht Clubs (R)

Danske Sejlklubber og Motorbådsklubber (R)

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[Dansk Personal Yacht Flag] image by Željko Heimer
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Randers Sejlklub

Randers Sailing Club

[Randers Sejlklub Yachts] 56:107, image by Željko Heimer

The state ensign with yellow emblem in the canton consisting of the letters "Y.F." and a five-pointed star below them. It may be noted that Flaggenbuch shows three different designs for the initials "Y.F." in the three last flags. Actually designs are the same but their size relative to the flag size and their positioning are different in each of the three flags. This may be significant and may be reflecting the designs as shown in the original grants or as used in practice. On the other hand, Album des Pavillons (2000) (and probably some other sources) shows the letters the same in all three flags, probably for "simplicity" sake.
Željko Heimer, 3 June 2004

Introduced by royal resolution of 18 May 1889.
Jose C. Alegria Diaz, 25 Jan 2000

The date we give for the Royal Resolution that established the flag, 18 May, is actually the date upon which the club's original application for an ensign defaced with a white cross below the letters 'YF' was turned down by the Ministry (on the grounds that it was "precisely the recognition badge of a Vice-Admiral" and asking that they "submit a different proposal"). I do not have a copy of the club's reply, but the application for an ensign defaced with a gold star ("below the letters YF" rather than to the side as we show it) was submitted by the Ministry of the Navy (signed by N.K. Rayn) on 28 May 1889, and approved (in the name of the King) by Crown Prince Frederik on 29 May 1889. This authorization was conveyed to the club, and permission granted to fly the ensign as described, in a letter dated 1 June 1889. I also have a note (on which I unfortunately failed to record a source) that the star should be tilted 18 degrees towards the hoist?
Christopher Southworth, 12 May 2004

Ribe Sejlklub

[Pennant of Ribe Sailing Club] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Ivan Sache, 27 Feb 2021

The club was established in 1905. The pennant is red with a flying seagull.
Source: Sejlernyt Forår 2006, front cover
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Feb 2021

Rudkøbing Sejlklub

[Pennant of Ribe Sailing Club] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Ivan Sache, 8 Mar 2021

I saw two versions of this burgee.  The old burgees are white, blue border all around and 3 fish swimming flyward. New burgees are white, blue border along the free edges and 3 fish swimming hoistward. Although white, 3 fish swimming dexter, is the shield of Rudkøbing, and the club's site shows a burgee like the old ones.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 27 Aug 2001

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