Terra Nova Yacht Club (Canada) (original) (raw)

Terra Nova Yacht Club (Holyrood, NL, Canada)

Estb: early 1960s.
Location: Holyrood, Newfoundland.
Burgee: Pennant 3:5 (image). "The wheel, a focal point in the Club, lends itself as a symbolic form associated with powerboats. The seagull, showing its wing as a wind-filled sail, echoes the harnessing of the wind involved in sailing, while creating rhythm in its movement with the sea. The navy and yellow-gold colours, chosen for their nautical association, . . .�

"The Commodore�s flag shall be the Club�s burgee, swallow-tailed.�

�The Terra Nova Yacht Club traces its roots to the Bowring Sailing Club established in the early 1960�s by the Bowring family for their employees, family, and friends. In 1963 the Bowring Sailing Club acquired the property that currently houses the TNYC clubhouse in Holyrood . . . By the late 1960�s the Bowring Sailing Club at Holyrood had disbanded . . . In 1970 the Bowring family donated the club building to the newly formed Terra Nova Sailing Club under the leadership of its first commodore, Frank O�Connor. . . . In 1963 the Terra Nova Sailing Club changed its name to the Terra Nova Yacht Club.

This brief history is thanks to extensive research by Heddy Peddle.�
Source: http://www.tnyc.ca/
Peter Edwards, 8 July 2018