New Club Burgee, Help Please

[mystery 26]

Hello all.

A new club is in the process of formation in The Swale area. I'm a little bit involved with it and I'm helping to sort out a burgee.

www.conyeryachtclub.co.uk

On the Burgee / downloads page you can view about a dozen suggestions and choose the one that you like the most. Would anyone please be kind enough to have a peek and vote on one? It would be appreciated if people not involved could give their opinion.

Thank you very much.

 

[Lakesailor]

Replies over in the Lounge/PBO

 

[Seagreen]

I voted 8 and it seems to be the most popular. Probably the easiest design (thus cheapest to produce) to get sewn to the cloth and less "provocative" when you need to show a "mature" yacht club face. Please go for the rope/toggle finish and not the rubbish twin eyelets like the yank made flags.

 

[Amulet]

Unsolicited and unhelpful input (forgive me)

You can't read writing on burgees - don't bother with it - not even a few letters. You need a bold graphic which is effectively just a silhouette (if I spelt that right it's a miracle). Choose some symbol which has some historic iconic connection to your creek, make an outline and put it big on the burgee. Examples might be a tankard, an axe, a cannon, a wheel, an anchor, a pipe, a bridge, a bouy, a hat, hammer, boot, tree. One symbol. People will then say "I note you are flying the Conyer axe" rather than, "is that the Conway burgee or am I mistaken?"

Sorry - I'm a grumpy old git and didn't like any enough to vote.

 

[mystery 26]

Hello Amulet.

Your comments reflect so many others I think I'll go back to my doodling pad.

Thanks for your input, it all helps.

 

[prv]

I'm a grumpy old git and didn't like any enough to vote.

I'm a young git and not especially grumpy, and I too thought they were all a bit rubbish and not worth voting for . For all the same reasons you describe.

I suggested, in one of the other threads that the OP has sprinkled around the place, a plain black silhouette of a seal on a yellow burgee. He has various seals on the initial attempts, so I assume there's some connection or other.

Pete

 

[Amulet]

... a plain black silhouette of a seal on a yellow burgee...Pete

Trouble is, seals have gone to great evolutionary effort to have a pretty slippery silhouette. People might think its a map of New Jersey (actually I have no friggin' idea what shape New Jersey is). Maybe get it to balance a ball on its nose to indicate it's a seal and for comedy value.

 

[prv]

Trouble is, seals have gone to great evolutionary effort to have a pretty slippery silhouette. People might think its a map of New Jersey (actually I have no friggin' idea what shape New Jersey is).

The seal silhouette he's already shown on some of his pictures seems fairly identifiable.

Pete

 

[Leighb]

I would agree that a simple design with no lettering is ideal, but the problem with a seal is that it might be thought that it relates to the type of yacht rather than the club?

There is a Seal Owners Association, I am not sure whether they have a burgee, but it might easily have a seal on it?