It torgues my eyes and butt to see U.S. flags flying from bow rails,
spreaders and antennas. Or Q and courtesy flags flying from most
anywhere except where they're supposed to be. Do people not know or do
they deliberately defy propriety?

I once saw a sailboat in Chesapeake Bay with a myriad of differemt
flags flying from starboard and port spreaders, arranged by size from
top to bottom, both halyards, from spreader to very near the deck.

It torgues my eyes and butt to see U.S. flags flying from bow rails,
spreaders and antennas. Or Q and courtesy flags flying from most
anywhere except where they're supposed to be. Do people not know or do
they deliberately defy propriety?


Hi, I'm a new boat owner/sailboat, and
would love to hear the proper method for
flying a flag, location, type etc.
Thanks

"MLapla4120" wrote in
Hi, I'm a new boat owner/sailboat, and
would love to hear the proper method for
flying a flag, location, type etc.
Thanks

The Power Squadron covers this in their Piloting course....or is it Advanced
Piloting?

not only that it is the disrespect that many "boaters" show for other
country flags. Flags from other countries are not to be displayed as
"trophies". Bahama flags really look good when they are flown from the
outriggers on a "sports fish"

:last time I was in the Bahamas I caught hell from the immigration officials
for not flying a yellowjack


"anchorlt" wrote in message
om...
It torgues my eyes and butt to see U.S. flags flying from bow rails,
spreaders and antennas. Or Q and courtesy flags flying from most
anywhere except where they're supposed to be. Do people not know or do
they deliberately defy propriety?

I once saw a sailboat in Chesapeake Bay with a myriad of differemt
flags flying from starboard and port spreaders, arranged by size from
top to bottom, both halyards, from spreader to very near the deck.

What is a YELLOWJACK?

"JIm" wrote in message
news:YKrzc.759799$Ig.1410@pd7tw2no...
not only that it is the disrespect that many "boaters" show for other
country flags. Flags from other countries are not to be displayed as
"trophies". Bahama flags really look good when they are flown from the
outriggers on a "sports fish"

:last time I was in the Bahamas I caught hell from the immigration
officials
for not flying a yellowjack


"anchorlt" wrote in message
om...
It torgues my eyes and butt to see U.S. flags flying from bow rails,
spreaders and antennas. Or Q and courtesy flags flying from most
anywhere except where they're supposed to be. Do people not know or do
they deliberately defy propriety?

I once saw a sailboat in Chesapeake Bay with a myriad of differemt
flags flying from starboard and port spreaders, arranged by size from
top to bottom, both halyards, from spreader to very near the deck.

Buy a copy of Chapman's and read it.

"anchorlt" wrote in message
om...
It torgues my eyes and butt to see U.S. flags flying from bow rails,
spreaders and antennas. Or Q and courtesy flags flying from most
anywhere except where they're supposed to be. Do people not know or do
they deliberately defy propriety?

I once saw a sailboat in Chesapeake Bay with a myriad of differemt
flags flying from starboard and port spreaders, arranged by size from
top to bottom, both halyards, from spreader to very near the deck.

MLapla4120 wrote:
Hi, I'm a new boat owner/sailboat, and
would love to hear the proper method for
flying a flag, location, type etc.

Here's a good start
http://www.sailonline.com/seamanship...etiquette.html

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Get a copy of Chapman's, ESPECIALLY if you're a new boater.

--


Keith
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You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.
"Don White" wrote in message
...

"MLapla4120" wrote in
Hi, I'm a new boat owner/sailboat, and
would love to hear the proper method for
flying a flag, location, type etc.
Thanks

The Power Squadron covers this in their Piloting course....or is it
Advanced
Piloting?

On 14 Jun 2004 13:52:26 -0700, (anchorlt)
wrote:

It torgues my eyes and butt to see U.S. flags flying from bow rails,
spreaders and antennas. Or Q and courtesy flags flying from most
anywhere except where they're supposed to be. Do people not know or do
they deliberately defy propriety?

The former. I've seen the Canadian courtesy flag flown off the
starboard spreader--upside down--on American boats visiting my Toronto
club. The owners were oblivious.

Racers, being used to rules, are usually better than cruisers in this
respect, but even they aren't consistantly good.

I once saw a sailboat in Chesapeake Bay with a myriad of differemt
flags flying from starboard and port spreaders, arranged by size from
top to bottom, both halyards, from spreader to very near the deck.

My standing orders to the crew are "bear away" as boats like that are
probably heading for the breakers or a reef. G But they look even
prettier on their sides...

R.

DSK wrote:
MLapla4120 wrote:
Hi, I'm a new boat owner/sailboat, and
would love to hear the proper method for
flying a flag, location, type etc.

Here's a good start
http://www.sailonline.com/seamanship...etiquette.html

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Here's another:

http://www.sailnet.com/collections/a...eid=rousma0041

In short:

First, the national ensign gets the place of honor, which is sometimes a
different location on different types of boats. Second, ONE FLAG PER HOIST.
If you don't have a sufficient number of flag halyards at the correct
locations, don't fly that flag that day. Finally, it takes more than a
little trouble sometimes to get it right, as anyone who has used a pigstick
to put the burgee at the masthead will tell you.

These days displaying the national ensign from a pole at the stern of the
sailboat, both underway and at anchor, will do just fine.

--
Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
http://kerrydeare.home.comcast.net/