Flags at the stern are flown at half mast for the requisite number of days.
Flying a national flag at half mast is a federal 'decision' not a local one.
So Podunk Corners, Heartland, USA cannot fly the federal flag at half mast
for a local hero. while flying 'Old Glory' at half mast for two state
department idiots who killed themselves in a car wreck in the former
Yugoslavia a number of years ago was perfectly fine.

For most yachts the flags are permanently fixed on the stern staffs. It's
moot at that point.

M.


"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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How long do we fly the flag at half mast for pres. Reagan? A month?
What,
if anything do we do with a flag on a staff at the stern?


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Scotty
S/V Lisa Marie
Balt. MD USA