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Gironde (Department, France): Yacht clubs

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Cercle Nautique du Verdon

Burgee of CNV - Image by Ivan Sache, 22 May 2006

Le Verdon-sur-Mer (1,300 inhabitants) is located near the Pointe de Grave, which constitutes the northern end of the region of Médoc. Being located on the mouth of Gironde, the big estuary made by the confluency of rivers Garonne and Dordogne, Le Verdon is the outer harbour of Bordeaux, especially for oil products.
The burgee of CNV is horizontally divided blue-red with the white letters CNV all over.

Source: CNV website

Ivan Sache, 22 May 2002

Club Nautique Bourquais

Burgee of CNB - Image by Ivan Sache, 27 December 2005

The name of Bourg-sur-Gironde recalls that the village was in the past located on the Gironde, the big estuary made by the confluency of the Garonne and the Dordogne. It is today located on the right, northern bank of the Dordogne, 25 km north of Bordeaux and facing the Bec d'Ambès, the point of land separating the Garonne and the Dordogne.

Club Nautique Bourquais (CNB) was founded in 1936 by yachtmen and fishers from Bourg-sur-Gironde. CNB is one of the oldest yacht clubs in Aquitaine and the seventh oldest in the department of Gironde. It joined the French Federation of Yachting in 1948. The CNB is one of the only yacht clubs in France to own and manage its port.
The burgee of CNB is blue with a thin white horizontal stripe, a red star in canton and the red letters CNB in the white stripe.

Source: CNB website

Ivan Sache, 27 December 2005

Club Voile Hourtin Médoc

Burgee of CVHM - Image by Ivan Sache, 17 May 2001

Hourtin is a town of ca. 3,600 inhabitants located on the eastern shore of the Lake of Hourtin-Carcans. Médoc is one of the most famous producing area of Bordeaux wines.

Club Voile Hourtin Médoc has a white burgee, with a red-white-blue-border and the red letters CVHM.

Source: CVHM website

Ivan Sache, 17 May 2001