does anyone know what this is?

cathy01

Hi , I posted this on another thread on BOARDS.It was decided that this is something to do with sailing.

Hi, I bought this, for the frame its in and decided I should find out what it is before I bin it.
I have asked local Rugby club and they had no idea, so a cahllange for someone up to it.They believed it was for Marsial AArts, which is why I post it here.Mods feel free to move it , if this is the wrong place.
thanks,cathy





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At a rough guess, I would say something to do with Hong Kong, the crown and dragon, could be a boat club or horse racing possibly
Any ideas ?cathy
http://www.rhkyc.org.hk/files/Images%20-%20Club%20photos/old%20logo.jpg
Looks like an old logo from the Royal Hong kong Yacht Club. Seems likely given the shape of the flag.

Pigeon Reaper

It looks like a burgee from the Royal Hong Kong yacht club. They're used to identify where a boat is from and are more a courtesy flag than anything else. The crown means it's unlikely to be martial arts related.

JamesM

Looks like you are right - although I cannot get a good immage.
Posted the wrong one - got it right now.
See it here: http://www.burgees.com/burgeeframe.htm

cathy01

yes, thats it.Any ideas as to what i should do with it???
cathy

JamesM

Seeing that it is in a frame, it was probably presented to someone by the Club. Maybe someone from Europe who had worked and sailed in Hong Kong for a few years was presented with it when he was leaving. Sometimes Clubs exchange Burgees with each other.
Maybe a Yacht Club or Sailing Club near you might be interested in it.
Jim.

cathy01

o, I live near Skerries , so I will ask there.Feel a bit of a dim wit thought.I mean what do I say.Would you like this??
anyway thanks so much for all your help,
cathy

GS.ie

Cathy, email me mickrodent@eircom.net and I will be interested in it. Im in sutton.

cathy01

Info that I got.

a person is given a burgee as a gift or you can buy them - we sell our current burgee in our Ship Shop and anyone can get them. We also present them to visiting VIPs etc.

a burgee is a common flag. If the flag was a Commodore's, Vice Commdore's, Rear Commodores' flag then that's different and they look a little different. They are only presented to people holding that position.This is the old burgess from HOng Kong
I am waitng for more info fromKOKO from there,
thanks,cathy

cathy01

GS, I did e-mail but I will pm you my number.I would like it to have a nice home.
cathy

cathy01

hi all, thank you all so much for your help.I have donated the Burgee to a local sailing scout club to raffel , hopefully they will get a few bob towards what ever they need.
cathy

JamesM

That's great Cathy - Glad it didn't go in the bin