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"Duh" Flag Awards
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BCYC "Duh" Flag Awards
Not your ordinary yacht club award
If our Flag officer, Tony Angel finds out that a captain made a stupid error, while on their boat, our Fleet Captain invents a flag to be presented to the embarrassed captain. The "Duh" Flag Awards, invented by George Freund (pictured right), are unique and BCYC is the only known boat club to offer such awards. George, who joined BCYC in 1982, served as Commodore, Board Member, Christmas Parade Chairman and Vice Commodore; and to most members of our club, created the most honorable position, the club’s Flag Officer.
Captains, watch it and do not fall off your boat, hit another boat or marker, drag an anchor, be caught nude on the deck of you boat, forget to unhook your electric power cord before leaving the dock and many more.
BCYC cruiser, be careful, our current Flag Officer Tony is watching for you to screw up. Here are a few flags awarded over the last few years:
The following are a few of George's and Tony's "Duh" Awards that are presented at the Installation Banquet and Dance held in January each year.
If our Flag officer, Tony Angel finds out that a captain made a stupid error, while on their boat, our Fleet Captain invents a flag to be presented to the embarrassed captain. The "Duh" Flag Awards, invented by George Freund (pictured right), are unique and BCYC is the only known boat club to offer such awards. George, who joined BCYC in 1982, served as Commodore, Board Member, Christmas Parade Chairman and Vice Commodore; and to most members of our club, created the most honorable position, the club’s Flag Officer.Captains, watch it and do not fall off your boat, hit another boat or marker, drag an anchor, be caught nude on the deck of you boat, forget to unhook your electric power cord before leaving the dock and many more.BCYC cruiser, be careful, our current Flag Officer Tony is watching for you to screw up. Here are a few flags awarded over the last few years:
The following are a few of George's and Tony's "Duh" Awards that are presented at the Installation Banquet and Dance held in January each year.
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Water pump failed, engine overheated, Captain did not properly check his engine |
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Dragged Anchor, did not properly set their anchor |
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Boat Captain ran the vessel hard aground |  |
Captain caught NUDE on the deck of his vessel |
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Boat had to be towed |
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Fell getting on or off their boat |
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Flying the wrong flag. Learn the purpose of your flags |
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One night a gang boarded their boat, took their liquor, and put toilet paper all over the boat |
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Captain not paying attention and ran out of the channel |
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Captain was heading in wrong direction and almost hit another boat |
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Captain mad, he was being told how to sail their boat |
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Boat’s engine failed while on a cruise |
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Captain had to jump from the dock to get on their boat |
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On board radio failed, battery died, dropped and it broke, or could not figure out how to use it |
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Lights went out, battery failed, electric short, and no hand held light that would work |
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All battery power lost, could not start the engine, lost use of GPS, lights or all other electrical equipment |
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Engine would not start, lost power, starter failed, or some electrical component, switch, wire shorted out |
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Lost all lighting, had to travel in absolute darkness |
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On board cell phone failed, battery died, dropped and it broke, or could not figure out how to use it |
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Went crazy due to an accident, Captain did something stupid that blew their mind, got hit in the head with a sail boom, or a safety hook |
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Bent their rudder, ran aground, or hit some underwater object when being somewhere that they should not |
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Trying to sail without putting down the centerboard |
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Best Flag of all, a lollipop, an reward for helping a fellow sailor |
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Captain tied their finger and not the cleat |
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Captain knocks a hole through boat's hull |
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Got caught swimming in the nude |
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Super Nice Captain, fixed a helpless Club member's sail |
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Bad bad bad prop. Hadn't cleaned the prop in years, engine moaned and squeaked |