THE BURGEE
The Club's burgee design is the result of a contest held soon after the Club's incorporation. Cyril Marshall, director of the St. Croix Museum, judged the fourteen entries received. Harry Neuman's design won and the first burgees were manufactured in Denmark.
The burgee is clearly based on the Danish flag, 0 I d Dannenborg. The squarely intersecting white dividers have had the vertical one displaced so that it is one-third the distance from the fly, and the shape has been changed to a 2:1 triangle.
The truncated cone of an old Crucian windmill is at the intersection. It appears to have a road leading to it. Looked at another way, the intersecting lines appear sword-like with the mill as the hilt.
THE FLAGPOLE
In 1971, Bill Chandler, managing director, (CEO) of St. Croix Marine, purchased a forty foot piece of Douglas Fir (12" x 12"), for the Club to make a most needed flagpole.
The future pole was shown to an old ship's carpenter and was told the base needed to be 12" in diameter and tapered up to the top with a diameter of 8 inches. The design was fashioned after a topsail for a schooner, complete with cross trees, topmast and gaff. When finished, St. Croix Marine, in honor of John Olmeis, donated the completed pole.
In 1974, the flagpole was erected under the direction of Bill Chandler and the present Commodore, Lawrence Carlson.
Originally, the flagpole was varnished and mounted in a tabernacle, so it could be lowered for storms and maintenance.
Over the years, the flagpole has been painted white and encased in steel. Recently, a dedication plaque has been placed on the pole in honor of John Ohmeis.
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