Marseilles (Municipality, France): Yacht clubs' flags

Part 2

Last modified: 2008-09-13 by ivan sache
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• Introduction
• Union Nautique du Canal de la Douane
• Cercle Nautique Phocéen
• Société des Canotiers Marseillais
• Union Nautique Provençale
• Association des Vieux Marins Bateliers du Vieux Port

See also:

• France
• Marseilles (Municipality, Bouches-du-Rhône, France)
• France: Yacht clubs
• Marseilles: Yacht clubs, part 1
• Marseilles: Yacht clubs, part 3

Introduction

Part 2 of this series shall describe the yacht clubs located on the Quai du Port - north, on right hand when looking at the sea, where the town hall of Marseilles was built.

Ivan Sache, 13 December 2003

Union Nautique du Canal de la Douane

Burgee of the UNCD - Image by Ivan Sache, 13 December 2003

The ancient building of the maritime customs (douane), still in use today, was bordered in the past by a narrow canal.
The burgee of the UNCD is white with a blue cross. A red disc charged with the white letters "UN" / "CD" (on two rows) is placed in the middle of the cross.

Ivan Sache, 13 December 2003

Cercle Nautique Phocéen

Burgee of the CNP - Image by Ivan Sache, 13 December 2003

Phocéen is often used as an epithet for the town of Marseilles (la cité phocéenne), as a reference to the early colonists from Phocea / Phokia (Asia Minor) who founded the town of Massalia.
The burgee of the CNP is white with a light blue cross and the blue letters CNP placed on an imaginary diagonal, the "N" being in the middle of the cross.

Ivan Sache, 13 December 2003

Société des Canotiers Marseillais

Flag and burgee of the SCM - Image by Ivan Sache, 13 December 2003

Canotiers is a rather old-fashioned word for boaters.
The flag of the SCM, as hoisted over the club house, is horizontally divided red-white-red with the blue letters "SCM" on the white stripe.
The burgee of the SCM is a triangular version of flag.

Ivan Sache, 13 December 2003

Union Nautique Provençale

Flag and burgee of the SCM - Image by Ivan Sache, 13 December 2003

The flag of the UNP, as hoisted over the club house, is vertically divided regular blue-white (seven stripes), with the red letters "U", "N" and "P" placed in the white stripes, respectively.
The burgee of the UNP is a triangular version of the flag.

Ivan Sache, 13 December 2003

Association des Vieux Marins Bateliers du Vieux Port

Burgee of the AVMBVP - Image by Ivan Sache, 13 December 2003

Batelier (from bateau, "ship") is another word for seaman.
The burgee of the AVMBVP is white with a light blue cross and a red anchor placed in the middle of the cross.

Ivan Sache, 13 December 2003