The name
bur·gee
/ˈbərjē/ noun
The burgee began as the owner’s flag: an eighteenth-century shipowner’s own colors at the masthead. Sailing and golf share one symbol, and here every collection flies its own.
Duxbury, Mass.
From a harbor town.
Burgee is from Duxbury, Massachusetts. A bay, a wooden bridge, a beach that goes for miles. The kind of town where the yacht club is a shingled building and the golf course meets the marsh. That is the standard. Not nostalgia, just how things are made there.
Modern, yet built to never date.
- Powder Point Bridgeest. 1892
- Gurnet Lightest. 1768
- Bug Lightest. 1871
- The barrier beachsix miles
- Duxbury Bayten-foot tides
The house codes
Four rules. That is all.
01
Built for the coast
Mornings on the water, an afternoon round, dinner in town. One wardrobe for all of it.
02
Old school materials
Wool felt, cotton pique, grosgrain, brass, full-grain leather. Made to age well.
03
Quiet over loud
Small marks, honest colors, nothing shouting.
04
Club spirit, open doors
The feeling of belonging somewhere, without the gate.
To wear it is to fly it.
Not a logo on a shirt; colors being flown.