Burgee's

[CSR_Admin]

Everybody has been asking for them so I have started doing some legwork to find them. I ran across a company with a very nice employee that offered to design one for us. Below is what he has coime up with. Anybody have any input on it? It will be an all sewn burgee readable from both sides. So it will not be an el'cheapo version. Feedback please....

 

[STIHLBOLTS]

Will there be different colors available? :smt017

 

[CSR_Admin]

No, a club burgee typically only comes one way. Believe me, I am open to suggestions. Please bring on the input or ideas. You guys and gals will be the ones putting this on your boats so you all should have the say on the design. I don't have time to design on which is why I jumped on this guy's offer to design one. From what I know about burgees they all look kind of goofy :grin: Seems like the goofier ones are more memorable and distinctive. The one pictured above did not jump out at me, but after staring at it for a while it too is distinctive and noticable. Perhaps the burgee guy knows what he is doing :huh:

 

[CSR_Admin]

Another thing to consider is a burgee should be noticeable from a distance with just a glance. If there is too much detail it goes unnoticed and looks cluttered. That is why having small details, like the CSR domain on the flag is a burgee no-no :smt018 Anybody who knows what the burgee looks like should be able to notice it easily from a distance.

 

[H2ONUT]

CSR in black and the flag in a gold color?
No border like posted above IMO.

 

[Sea Ray 300]

This might help in giving people ideas:

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
bur·gee /ˈbɜrdʒi, bɜrˈdʒi/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[bur-jee, bur-jee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun a triangular flag or one having a shallow, angular indentation in the fly, forming two tails, used as an identification flag, esp. by yachts.


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[Origin: 1840–50; perh. shortening of *burgee's flag, by reanalysis of *burgess flag, burgess translating F bourgeois in sense “owner†(of a ship)]
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source bur·gee (bər-jē', bûr'jē) Pronunciation Key
n. A small distinguishing flag displayed by a yacht.


[Perhaps from French dialectal bourgeais, shipowner, from Old French burgeis, citizen, from bourg, bourg; see bourg.]

 

[osd9]

I think the above flag design is fine. We should decide on colors and then go for it.

Maybe if we could see three color combos, and then vote.....done by the end of the week....

Personnaly, I would prefer "Nautical" colors....

 

[BruZerII]

Whoever designed that burgee must be a flippin steelers fan :smt013 :smt013 :smt014

 

[TheAcademy5]

haha steelers fan......... Gold and Black!! But I guess I'm bias because it would match my boat! :grin:

 

[CJ Martin]

I'm partial to Navy Blue and Gold, but that's just cause I'm a (former) squid. :grin:

Seriously, whatever the group decides is fine with me. Any chance we would have these by July?

-CJ

 

[osd9]

Navy and Gold gets my vote....very nautical... :thumbsup:

 

[ImpulseIII]

Anchors aweigh my boys, anchor's aweigh....Blue and gold for this ex-anchor-clanker as well....although it may clash with the black canvas!

 

[AndersonAcres]

I like the blue/gold idea, also blue/white would get my vote.

Maybe the CSR part could be in reflective cloth.

 

[gredmer]

haha steelers fan......... Gold and Black!! But I guess I'm bias because it would match my boat! :grin:

Ravens fan, purple and black. :smt001

 

[chuck1]

Navy and Gold or Navy and White works for me.

 

['Bright Ayes']

I'm partial to Black background, white reflective threaded letters and gold trim but a Navy and gold trim sounds fine to me too. Still would like the white reflective threading for the lettering.
Just my $.02

OJ

 

[xravenx]

Ravens fan, purple and black. :smt001

Now your talkin'...... :smt038

 

[Half Off]

I'm voting for the Black and Gold.

 

[jrirvine1]

Black and gold sounds very handsome.

Also, I guess we need a one size fits all to keep this as simple as possible. Yacht club general rules, from Chapman’s, state that the power boat burgee should be five-eights of an inch on the fly for every foot of overall boat length. I can only guess they came up with this so it looks proportionally correct. Considering all the different size boats we have, I wonder how big this should be. :smt017

 

[STIHLBOLTS]

Maybe there should be two basic sizes.

A moderate size for Sport Boat guys.

A Large size for Big Boat guys.

:thumbsup:

(_______) :smt043