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Var (Department, France): Yacht clubs

Last modified: 2009-11-07 by ivan sache
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Club Nautique de Sainte-Maxime

[CN Ste-Maxime]

Burgee of CNsM - Image by Ivan Sache, 19 July 2003

Sainte-Maxime (7,000 inhabitants) is a sea resort located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, facing Saint-Tropez.
Club Nautique de Sainte-Maxime (CNSM) was founded in 1937. The burgee of CNSM is made of three nested triangles, red, white and blue.

Source: CNSM website

Ivan Sache, 19 July 2003


Club Nautique de Saint-Raphaël

[CN Saint-Raphael]

Burgee of CNS - Image by Ivan Sache, 15 May 2001

Saint-Raphaël (25,000 inhabitants is a sea resort, whose port saw on 9 October 1799 the landing of Bonaparte coming back from Egypt. On 28 April 1814, Napoléon (Bonaparte) left the port of Saint-Raphaël for Elba Island.
Club Nautique de Saint-Raphaël (CNS) has a burgee made of five vertical stripes blue-white-red-white-blue.

Source: CNS website

Ivan Sache, 15 May 2001


Société Nautique de Bandol

[SN Bandol]

Burgee of SNB - Image by Ivan Sache, 17 March 2003

Bandol (7,000 inhabitants) is famous for its beaches, its marina and its wines.
Société Nautique de Bandol (SNB) was founded in 1903. The burgee of SNB is white with two red triangles placed near the hoist and a red star in the middle of the white field.

Source: SNB website

Ivan Sache, 17 March 2003


Société Nautique du Golfe des Lecques

[SN Les Lecques]

Burgee of SNGL - Image by Ivan Sache, 23 December 2003

Les Lecques is a small sea resort located on the eponymous gulf, on the Mediterranean Sea, east of La Ciotat. Les Lecques is administratively part of the municipality of Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer.
The burgee of Société Nautique du Golfe des Lecques is orange with two horizontal black stripes and the black letters SNGL. The logotype of the yacht club shows a kind of Norse boat, whose sail is orange with two vertical black stripes. The SNGL was founded in 1948.

Source: SNGL website

Ivan Sache, 23 December 2003