"JR Gilbreath" wrote in message
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Capt. NealŪ safe under his tinfoil sou'wester, spake thusly:
"JR Gilbreath" wrote in message
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Capt. NealŪ safe under his tinfoil sou'wester, spake thusly:
"JR Gilbreath" wrote in message
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Capt. NealŪ wrote:
"Doug Dotson" dougdotson@NOSPAMcablespeedNOSPAMcom wrote in message
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True on a powerboat, not for sail. Proper place to fly the ensign is
off of the luff of the mainsail. Next best place is off the backstay
as
per your original post. Going up the backstay isn't a big deal.
Doug
You are wrong. Where is one to put the flag when at anchor or when
motoring?
And, if the flag is flown off the mainsail it should be two-thirds of
the way
up the leech. Fifteen feet doesn't quite get it.
It is wrong to fly the flag off the backstay because the angle is
incorrect and the
flag does not display properly.
Then there is the problem of courtesy flags which are shown off the
starboard
spreader. They should be above the ensign as a courtesy.
A flagstaff on the stern if the proper way to display the flag on
modern sloops.
CN
Proper is not proper if it is not functional. Besides, what about the
term stern staff don't you understand?
CN
Flagstaff or stern staff? It looks like neallie cannot even agree
with himself.
JR
A flag staff at the stern = a stern staff. Keep grasping at those
straws,
why don't you.
CN
I don't have to grasp at straws to show what an idiot you are. Just
quote you.
JR
But, you should at least endeavor to make a modicum of sense when
doing so.
CN
How can I and still quote you??
JR
Ah, a klassic konundrum. How does one quote nil, and make any sense? Come to
think of it, what is nil trying to say here? That he is, indeed, an idiot?
That quoting him is "senseless"?
John Cairns
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