"basskisser" wrote in message
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"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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Are there any guidlelines as to how big a club flag (burgee) should
be? This is the big one flown on land; not the little ones flown on
boats.

The ones for boats are supposed to be 1" of fly per ft. of boat
length. I can't find anything for the ones flown on land, except
that
it should be "very big."


Ken
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Traditional formula for the US National flag
is L = 1/4 height of pole.

When pole is mounted on a roof, L= 1/2 height of pole.

Will you be flying your burgee underneath a US flag? In that case, it
should be
scaled so the casual observer will be aware that it is at least "one
size"
smaller

If you're putting up a pole at a yacht club, you might want to
consider
installing a setup that is gaff rigged with a spreader.
Your burgee goes on top of the vertical pole, the National Ensign
hangs
from
the gaff, and the burgees of visiting club members and/or the office
flags
of
your
Commodore, Vice Commodore, and Rear Commodore go on the spreaders
whenever
visitors or officers are at the club for a formal event. Very classy,
but
a
PITA to maintain. All those empty spreader lines become a real nag
when
everybody *knows* they should be in use.




1" per million dollars of net club member worth?

He was talking about his flag, not his........willy!!


Oh. I guess you have a dimple then.

(basskisser) wrote in message . com...
Ken wrote in message . ..
On 22 Apr 2004 15:42:47 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:
Traditional formula for the US National flag
is L = 1/4 height of pole.
Will you be flying your burgee underneath a US flag? In that case, it should be
scaled so the casual observer will be aware that it is at least "one size"
smaller

Thank you for that helpful info.

Can you venture a guesstimate of average club flagpole height? 30 ft?
40 ft?

(I need to order the flags ASAP and don't have time to go around with
a sextant and surveyor's tape!)


You can use some simple triangulation to get a close estimate of the
flagpole height.

How about just running the end of a ball of string up the pole, mark
it at the ground, bring it down, and measure it off...
Scotty, I don't need no stinkin' geometry...

Tiny feet? You know the relation between foot size and . . . well, you know.

Bigfoot.

Tiny feet? You know the relation between foot size and . . . well, you know.

Bigfoot.


Is that the one that goes, "the larger the foot, the bigger the mouth required
to put it in?"

Just wondering. :-)

(Gould 0738) wrote in message ...
I don't know that there is a hard and fast rule. Guidelines may
differ between clubs and/or club organizations. All of the burgees
flown by our club members are the same size, regardless of boat size.

That's pretty unusual.

The same burgee that looks "just right" on a 24-footer looks like a piece of
litter acidentally snagged on a burgee staff when displayed on 65 or 70-footer.

Are all your boats similar in size, without being identical? Maybe a Boston
Whaler owners club, or some such?

No. I think the smallest is 26. The larget is 57. All of the
burgees are 18 inches. Not unusual here. We have members that also
belong to other clubs - some of them fly more than one burgee... all
the same size.