Flexfit Caps for Sailing Clubs & Yacht Crews

For yacht clubs, sailing clubs, regatta organizers, and racing-crew managers. Club headwear is about belonging and polish — the cap represents the burgee, so it has to look the part.

Club Headwear Carries the Burgee

A yacht or sailing club's cap is a membership badge. It carries the club's burgee and name into marinas, regattas, and clubhouses up and down the coast, so it has to look refined enough to represent a club people are proud to belong to. At the same time, crew caps on a racing team need to perform on the water. So this program splits into two: a polished club/member cap and a performance crew cap, both holding the club's identity cleanly. This page handles the club-and-crew side of the coast as a companion to the broader marina program. A club cap is unusual in that it has to satisfy both the clubhouse and the race course — refined enough for a member's everyday wear, capable enough for a crew's hardest day — which is why it's worth treating as a small two-part program rather than a single order.

The club workhorses are the seamless Flexfit Delta 180 as the premium member and gift cap, the structured 110C as the everyday club cap and crew option, and the 6477 wool blend for a heritage cool-season piece that suits a traditional club. Pull them from the Flexfit 110 collection and wholesale range.

Club use → style

Member Polish vs Racing Performance

The member cap and the racing-crew cap are different tools. The member and gift cap should feel premium — the seamless 180 with a tonal or woven burgee reads like a club worth joining and makes a strong gift for new members and visiting reciprocal guests. The racing crew, by contrast, needs the cap to stay put and breathe through a hard day on the water, which points to the performance 6580 or 6597. Running both off one consistent burgee treatment keeps the club's identity unified whether it's on a blazer at the bar or a foredeck at the windward mark. It also simplifies ordering: one approved burgee artwork applied to a premium body and a performance body covers nearly every cap the club needs, from the gift shop to the race course.

Decoration for club caps

Regattas, Juniors, and the Club Calendar

A club's headwear follows its calendar. Regattas and member events are natural moments for dated commemorative caps on the 110C; the junior sailing program needs the matched 6277Y youth cap so the youngest members wear the same burgee as the flag officers; and the season opener and gift shop drive premium 180 sales. Keep a tight core so reorders stay simple, hold blanks for quick event jobs, and run the burgee design through custom orders. Tie it all into the wider marina program so club, crew, and event caps share one identity.

Why Consistency Builds the Club's Image

A club's reputation travels on its members, and a consistent, well-made cap is part of how that reputation reads at every marina its members visit. When the burgee treatment, color, and body stay the same year after year, the club looks established and proud of itself; when every member's cap is slightly different, it reads as ad hoc. Locking one premium member body and one crew body, both carrying an identical burgee, is the simplest way to make a club look as serious about its image as it is about its sailing. There's a member-experience angle too: a sharp, consistent cap is one of the easiest ways to make new members feel they belong from day one, and it gives visiting reciprocal guests a natural keepsake of their stop at the club. Many clubs keep a small stock of the member 180 cap in the office or gift shop precisely for that — welcoming new members, thanking volunteers, and offering visiting crews something to remember the club by. Treated that way, the cap stops being merchandise and becomes part of how the club extends its hospitality, which is exactly the impression a club wants leaving its docks on every guest's head.

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the best member or gift cap?

The seamless Flexfit Delta 180 with a tonal or woven burgee — it feels premium enough to represent the club.

What's the everyday club cap?

The structured 110C — clean, consistent, and it doubles as a crew option.

What should the racing crew wear?

Performance bodies that stay put and breathe — the 6580 or 6597 for a hard day on the water.

Is there a heritage option for a traditional club?

The 6477 wool blend reads classic and pairs well with a leather burgee patch.

Do you have youth sizing for junior sailing?

Yes — the 6277Y youth cap so juniors wear the same burgee as the flag officers.

What's good for a regatta?

A dated commemorative 110C in club colors makes a strong participant keepsake.

How do I keep the club's look consistent?

Lock one member body and one crew body with an identical burgee treatment and reorder against it each year.

Where do I source?

From the Flexfit 110 collection and wholesale range, tied into the marina program.