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![[CV Vaux]](../images/f/fr-78~va.gif)
by Ivan Sache
The Cercle de la Voile de Vaux-sur-Seine is based in
Vaux-sur-Seine, a small city located on the river Seine, downstream
from Paris.
The burgee of the CVVX is a white flag with two red triangles placed
vertically along the hoist. It is similar to the burgee of the
St. Thomas Yacht Club, in the
US Virgin Islands.
The classical design of the burgee seems to indicate that the yacht club is fairly ancient.
Source: CVVX website
Ivan Sache, 17 July 2002
![[YCIF flag]](../images/f/fr-78~if.gif)
by Ivan Sache
At the end of the XIXth century, the development of yachting started in France in the valley of the river Seine. France has more than 5,000 kms of coasts, but at that time these coasts were very far from Paris.
Open-air cafés and dance halls called guinguettes flourished on the banks of the Seine and the Marne, attracting a wide clientele. People from the upper-middle classes from Paris mixed with factory workers, artists and hood