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Burgee of Koninklijke Watersportvereniging "De Kaag", Warmond (Royal Watersport Society "De Kaag")

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Burgee of Koninklijke Watersportvereniging "De Kaag", Warmond (Royal Watersport Society "De Kaag")

History

The Royal Watersports Association De Kaag, in Dutch Koninklijke Watersportvereniging De Kaag, is a watersports club in Warmond. The club is 5 km away from the similarly named village "De Kaag", but its more likely to have been named for de Kagerplassen, the lakes that span the distance between the two, which collectively are also referred to as "de Kaag".

The club was founded as in 1910, as the Zeil-, Roei- en Motorsportvereniging De Kaag, for the purpose of organising water sports matches. In 1917, the club becomes "Royal", thus the Koninklijke Zeil-, Roei- en Motorsportvereniging De Kaag. In 1925 this leads to the K in the club flag being replaced by a crown. This tells us retrograde that before 1925 there must have been a flag, and possibly a burgee, with a letter K, rather than a crown. Unfortunately, no further mention is made of the design of the K. In 1965 the club name is changed to the current Koninklijke Watersportvereniging “De Kaag”.
(Information taken from the club's history page and from their statutes:
http://www.kwvdekaag.nl/historie and http://www.kwvdekaag.nl/bestanden/statuten2011maart.pdf, though these don't completely agree on the names.)

Flags

The by-laws of the club tell us:

1.1 De vlag van de vereniging bestaat uit een rode, witte en blauwe baan, waarbij in de bovenhoek aan de broeking is aangebracht een rechthoekig wit vlak met daar in een gelijkvormig blauw vlak, waarin een gouden kroon.

Note that our drawing differs from those of the club where the decorations of the crown are concerned, but that the by-laws don't mention any decoration at all.

The by-laws continue, regarding the burgee:

11.2 De wimpel is driehoekig, wit, met een gelijkvormig blauw veld, waarin een gouden kroon.

The comment for the flag about the crown is more relevant for the burgee, as the crown is a much larger element there. Also, both the flag and the burgee, are currently depicted as 2:3 by the club.

Regarding further flags, the by-laws continue:

11.3 Erevoorzitter, ereleden en bestuursleden voeren een standaard als hieronder aangegeven:
a) Voor erevoorzitter en voorzitter is de standaard rechthoekig, wit, met daarin een gelijkvormig blauw veld, waarin een gouden kroon;
b) Voor ereleden geldt dezelfde standaard, doch is gespleten;
c) Voor de ondervoorzitter —in geval deze is benoemd– geldt dezelfde standaard als onder a, doch met een blauwe bal in het witte veld, in de bovenhoek bij de broeking;
d) Voor de overige bestuursleden geldt dezelfde standaard als onder a, doch met twee blauwe ballen in het witte veld, in de hoeken bij de broeking.

- 11.3 Honorary chairman, honorary members, and members of the board fly a standard as indicated below:
a) For an honorary chairman and chairman the standard is rectangular, white with therein a blue field of the same shape, wherein a golden crown;
b) For honorary members the same standard applies, yet is split;
c) For the vice-chairman —should one have been appointed– the same standard applies as under a, yet with a blue bal in the white field, in the top corner at the hoist;
d) For the other members of the board the same standard applies as under a, yet with two blue balls i the white field, in the corners at the hoist.

I've used Jose C. Alegria artwork to create four drawings that follow these descriptions. I have not seen the actual flags, so I don't know whether these are accurate. They most likely would also have to reflect any changes we need to make to the drawing of the burgee.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 3 October 2017

The Yearbook of the "Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad" - Wie, Wat, Waar 1941 has two pages with burgees.
Zeilvereniging "Kralingen", Rotterdam - burgee blue with white Scandinavian cross; in the quarters a white anchor and white letters z, v, and k.

Kralingen is a northeast suburb of Rotterdam, along the "Kralingse Plassen".

This yachting club was founded in 1908. Now part of the "Watersportvereniging Rotterdam".
Jarig Bakker, 14 Aug 2004