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Triangular In Shape:
• The yacht club burgee. Usually triangular in shape, but sometimes swallow-tailed, a yacht club burgee is flown by day only, or by day and night, as set by a club's rules. It is flown from the bow of mast-less and single-masted motorboats, and from the foremost masthead of vessels with two or more masts. The burgee may be flown while underway (but not racing) and while anchored or docked.
• The Power Squadron pennant. Each squadron has its own identifying pennant. This is always triangular in shape and is flown similarly to a yacht club burgee.
• Owner's Private Signal. This is normally swallow-tailed in shape, but may be rectangular or triangular (a pennant). It is flown from the masthead of a single-masted motorboat or sailboat. If there are two or more masts, it is flown from the aftermost masthead. It may be flown by day only, or by day and night. A mastless motorboat may fly this signal from the bow staff in lieu of a club burgee.The glittering feather moss (Hypnum [Pleurozium] splendens) is a beautiful combination of gold, and green leaves on red stems. And the last moss on Janet's rock has the most romantic common name of all: the triangular wood-reveller (Hylocomnium tri-quetrum). This particular moss grows only on wood with a luxuriant delight that led to the term, reveller. It was collected in a nearby wood and placed on the rock in a crevice that holds its wooden base. Triangular refers to the shape of the stems.
• Officers' flags. Flags designating yacht club or USPS officers are rectangular in shape. They are blue (with white designs) for the most senior officers, red (with white designs) for the next lower in rank, and white (with blue designs) for the lowest rank. Other officer's flags may be swallow-tailed or triangular in shape as provided for in local rules. An officer's flag is flown in lieu of his private signal on all rigs of sail and motor boats, except in the case of single-masted sailboats, where it is flown from the masthead in lieu of the club burgee. Size of Flags
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