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![[Solent Yacht Club]](../images/g/gb~ysol.gif)
image located by Peter Edwards, 5 December 2018
Estb: 1878. Location: Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.
Burgee: 5:9 (print image).
Blue field charged with the yellow capital letters C and R either side of a
yellow three-masted galley on green waves.
Source: Lloyd's Register of
Yachts. London, 1880.
"First formed by a dozen well-connected enthusiasts
in the summer of 1878 to promote both their passion for yachting and the social
graces surrounding it, the original headquarters of the Solent Yacht Club was in
the George Hotel, Yarmouth. . . . Early members included the Marquis of
Londonderry (the first Commodore), Prince Henry of Battenburg (husband to Queen
Victoria’s youngest daughter, Beatrice, who became a regular visitor to the
club) and Hallam Tennyson (Lord Alfred’s son) but the key contribution came from
Sir Charles Seely of Brook (Commodore for 12 years) who bought the current site
besides Yarmouth Pier and provided the purpose-built Clubhouse (in return for
annual rent) which opened in 1898 for the Club’s 20th anniversary. Such
connections may have expedited the granting of the right to the Blue Ensign for
SYC members in 1902, . . . Again in the 2nd World War, with the Isle of Wight
and the Solent the centre of much military activity, the Solent Yacht Club had
to abandon all sailing. If at first it proved to be a popular social centre in
dark days for members and local off-duty officers, that ended when the ARP
requisitioned the club for the rest of the war. With peace came the immediate
revival of full club life and two memorable events: first, the amalgamation with
the local West Wight Sailing Club in 1946, and then the granting of the ‘Royal’
prefix by George VI in 1947 to become the Royal Solent
Yacht Club.
Source: accessed 1 December 2018,
http://www.royalsolent.org/the_club/history/
"I have asked a number
of people at the club and been back through some of the clubs history, but have
been unable to find an answer for you.” [re. requested explanation of the
letters C and R].
Source: Lucy Case, Events Manager, RSYC, email 3 December
2018.
Peter Edwards, 4 December 2018
Lloyd's 1902 shows a red pennant, the Galley of Yarmouth and its sea in
yellow.
Lloyd's 1912 shows the same, but the field blue. (And a Blue Ensign.)
Lloyd's 1961 shows the same, but with a tiny crown over the main mast. (And
entitled to fly a Blue Ensign.)
Current website shows the Imperial crown more
prominently.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 24 February 2019