Yachts Ensign (Spain)

Pabellón para Embarcaciones de Recreo

Last modified: 2004-12-29 by santiago dotor
Keywords: ensign: yacht | crown: royal (blue) |
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by Santiago Dotor and António Martins
Flag adopted 21st January 1977

• Description
• Flag Variants

See also:

• Ensigns, Jack and Commissioning Pennant (Pabellones, Torrotito y Gallardete)
• Spanish Sailing Federation Ensign 1945-1988 (Spain)
• Yachts Ensign 1945-1977 (Spain)
• Yacht Club Burgees (Spain)
• Spain

The Spanish national ensign for yachts is a Spanish flag with a blue crown centered in the yellow stripe (and no coat-of-arms).

Santiago Dotor, 6 May 1999

According to Calvo and Grávalos 1983, "at some point between 1975 and 1977" —which was certainly in the 1977 Decree on flags— the crown was once again changed to a royal all-blue flag. I ignore whether the 1977 Decree included a graphical design or only a description, and Calvo and Grávalos 1983 does not include it. In Spanish ports I have seen several versions, most of them fitting one of the above two.

Santiago Dotor, 25 June 1999

Spanish magazine ¡Hola! (no.2767, 21 August 1997, page 94) shows this flag in yet another variation. A bullfighter is shown in his yacht and the ensign at the stern is well visible, even if not completely unfurled. It seems to be a 30x45 cm flag, and the shade of blue is darker tha