The
Winner of our voting contest by a 2 to 1 margin was the following
image. Below is the photo of the final product which is 12" by
18" in size, and made with 400 denier material with extra stitching
in the wear points. The Chinese letters will be embroidered
and right reading on both sides. The hoist band is a
polypropylene strap with brass grommets.
They will be
produced in China, appropriate for Cheoy Lee's. To get one or
more burgees for your boat email james
for instructions.
Thanks to all who have
participated in the voting for the Burgee. Clearly most people
were partial to the "Dragon" motif with the "Sun" background.
Mitch Manina, aboard "China
Girl" a Bermuda 30, submitted the original dragon design that was the
winner. Congratulations Mitch. According
to Mitch, "the Eastern Dragon represents good fortune and the pure
raw power of life, and since some Cheoy Lees have dragons carved in them I
thought this might be a good entry".
Also Mary Filbee's
design was close to the winner and therefore we want to give her
credit also, Thanks Mary.
Free burgees will be sent to both Mitch and Mary. Thanks for
your work.
As we were
drawing to a close on the voting Sam and Lin Felton aboard "Moving
On" a Perry 35 submitted a couple of improvements to the
"Dragon" design. "My
wife (who is Chinese) and I had a look at the burgees suggested. We
both liked the designs in #8 and 9 on the contest page, but Lin was
somewhat concerned about the character representation. Two things came to light - firstly, the two characters Cai and Li
(or Cheoy Lee in Cantonese) should not actually stand alone - the
entire name of the shipyard really should be a single phrase on the
burgee. If this is not done, the burgee will have the disadvantage
of cool looks if you don't read Chinese but slightly hokey looks if
you do. Personally, I would want to avoid that scenario.
Finally, I used a
very low-detail dragon and larger type-face for the HanZi
characters, because (in my experience) a burgee that has fewer
details is much easier to recognize at a distance.
Sam and Lin Felton
Thanks to Sam and Lin for their contribution...
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