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Past Commodore
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Yacht Club Officers' Flags
Flags designating the presence of officers of American yacht clubs used to be similar to the Navy's burgee command pennant in shape but are now generally rectangular. Traditionally, the club commodore flies a blue flag with a white design, the vice commodore the same design on a red field, and the rear commodore the same design in red on a white field. This system is modeled on the traditional hierarchy of seniority of rank flags in the U.S. Navy. The most common design--shown to left--is that of the canton of the yacht ensign, the diagonal fouled anchor within a ring of stars. Such flags were in use by officers of the New York Yacht Club by at least 1874, although the NYYC now uses a completely different system based on the design of the club's burgee. In addition, there are flags for fleet captains, port captains, and past commodores, as well as for a variety of other club officers such as secretaries, treasurers, physicians, chaplains, quartermasters, and so on. Officers fly their flags in place of a private signal, except that on a single-masted sailboat it flies at the masthead and the club burgee moves to the jackstaff. Alternatively, it is often displayed today at the starboard spreader.
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Commodore
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Vice Commodore
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Rear Commodore
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Treasurer
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Secretary
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Race Chairman
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Officers
