The America's Boating Club Waukegan pennant is designed to depict movement and power. The central motif, the wave scroll, sets up the illusion of a twisting movement around which the circular blue bands revolve. This movement is never ending. By converting the horizontal blue bands of the USPS Ensign into circular bands, we have retained the essence of the USPS colors. The gold edging was added in 2007 honoring our 50th anniversary as a USPS Squadron.

Consider getting involved with our Fly the Burgee campaign. Our Squadron members are encouraged to fly the burgee (pronounced ber’jē) round the clock on their boats so the public knows who we are. The burgee also helps us to more easily identify our fellow members at the harbors or out on the water. Our Squadron has 50th anniversary burgees for sale. Order a burgee from our Ship's Store.

We recommend that Squadron members fly our burgee when participating in on the water events, such as a cruise or a raft up. Please fly it, even if you are not involved in one of our events to proudly show your membership in our organization.

Please do not fly our burgee upside down!  The correct way is shown above.  Remember whitecaps breaking to help get it right.

Basic Rules for Flying the Burgee

For sailboats, fly the burgee from the starboard spreader.  For a power boat, fly it from the bow staff.  For power boats without a bow staff, fly it at the top of an equipment mast, or if equipment limitations prevent this, fly the burgee from a spreader halyard. USPS rules allow the burgee to be flown both day and night when under way or at your slip. 

The US flag is normally flown from sunrise to sunset from the stern of both power and sail boats.  Sailboats may also fly the US flag from the back stay of a Marconi rig.  Flying both the US flag and the WSPS burgee as described above is proper flag etiquette.