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![[Royal Naval Sailing Association]](../images/g/gb-bluen.gif)
image by Clay Moss, 1 March 2008See also:
The Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Yacht Club uses a blue ensign. Their history
can be found at:
http://www.rnvryc.org/rnvryc-history/
Clay Moss, 23 September 2008
The Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve was commonly referred to as the 'Wavy Navy'
because its gold stripes were wavy rather than straight (as in the Royal Navy)
or crosshatched (as in the Royal Naval Reserve - usually former Merchant Marine
officers, or Merchant Navy in British parlance. The wavy stripes are reflected
in the design of the RNVRYC burgee, which would be instantly recognizable to
anyone who had served in British or Commonwealth naval forces during World War
II.
Ron Lahav, 23 September 2008
I am interested in the background to the blue ensign warrant for the Royal Naval
Volunteer Reserve Yacht Club. I have been unable to find anything relevant
at www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/:
1947 - the sailing club was established
1957 - became entitled to
wear the blue ensign
The plain Blue Ensign. Clubs enjoying the plain Blue
Ensign privilege are senior to those enjoying the privilege of a defaced Blue
Ensign or a defaced Red Ensign. A decision was made in 1924 that there would be
no further authorisations of the privilege of the plain Blue Ensign. However,
subsequent exceptions to this general rule have been made in respect of the RNVR
Sailing Club (1957), the Royal Marines Sailing Club (1965) and the Royal Naval
Sailing Association (1986). Source:
www.luxe-motor-kei.co.uk/documents/NavalFlagsandEnsigns.pdf
Peter
Culver, 17 April 2015
I think that the date of the Royal Naval Sailing Association ensign should be
1935 or 1936. The Association appeared in the Navy List in 1936. Plain Blue
Ensigns have also been authorised for the Royal Victorian Motor Yacht Club,
Melbourne, in 2007, and Hornet Services Sailing Club, Gosport, in 2014.
David Prothero, 21 April 2015
![[Brixham Yacht Club burgee]](../images/g/gb_rvol.gif)
image by Clay Moss, 23 September 2008
The Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Yacht Club burgee is blue, with a zigzag white
over red line and a red naval crown.
Clay Moss, 23 September 2008
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