courtesy flag for Scotland and Ireland

[Heckler]

Here we go, suppose it is an achievement to get so far on this thread before we got back down to this level.
Perhaps like my nephew he had had to go collect the limbless torso of his mother off the street?

What level? It looks like you are putting forward an emotional subject to justify your stance.
From where I am pots and kettles come to mind!
As a neutral it was over the top of my head!
Stu

 

[EuanMcKenzie]

which bottling plant

I generalised on purpose - didn't want he thread to descend to a stupid discussion over who knew most about which bottle was filled where - it doesn't affect the flavour.

Some warehouse at site some offsite. They generally don't publicise the offsite stuff as they don't want to degrade the brand.

point is its big business rather than cottage industry now.

Distilleries are still worth visiting though - they do that very well

Personally i'd rather have the gin

Chacun a son gout

as they say

 

[12 Year Plan B-)]

If you fly the Irish tricolour don't whatever you do forget to take it down before entering N Irish waters. My ears are still ringing from the shouting at I got when entering Bangor marina flying one !!

How about a Northern Ireland courtesy flag?...like this:

 

[Quandary]

Quick, send for Nigel.

 

[12 Year Plan B-)]

Thanks for your positive input, Quandary. I am assuming that you are referring to the lovable Mr. Farage?
Of course nobody needs him. But I am fond of courtesy flags. Does it not demonstrate that one has made the effort to show appropriate respect?

 

[Deleted member 36384]

Nigel Resurrection, Not Nigel Farage, Mr Resurrection has just popped out and may be some time. I have no interest in flags or flag etiquette beyond what I have to fly, so no point in tapping me for any more information.

 

[macd]

But I am fond of courtesy flags. Does it not demonstrate that one has made the effort to show appropriate respect?

Generally it shows that you are committed to complying with the regulations of whatever foreign country you happen to be in. 'Making the effort' would include such matters as noting the age of the post to which you are responding.

 

[Daydream believer]

'Making the effort' would include such matters as noting the age of the post to which you are responding.

Here we go again someone complaining about the age of the original post

But it does need updating does it not?
Alex the communist has been replaced by another one & we have had a Scottish referendum & another may well be on the cards following Brexit etc etc-- so the issue of flags & the reasoning behind it may well have changed

 

[Halo]

Has anyone ever come across any Scottish boats flying the flag of St George in England ?

 

[Robert Wilson]

No need for a Saltire in Scotland, but a friendly gesture.

When I went down Ireland's coast last year I was advised by Northern Ireland folk to take down my red ensign, especially in the Dundalk area.
I never met anything but friendliness, even though my accent is obviously English. Arklow folk were incredibly helpful and friendly, without a single exception.

 

[macd]

Here we go again someone complaining about the age of the original post

Inventive of you to infer that, but I neither wrote nor meant any such thing. I was simply contrasting a poster's expressed fondness for making an effort in one area with the absence of it in another.

 

[wotayottie]

If you are a british registered boat, you dont need to fly an ensign at all in british waters. I never do. That avoids any local issue. Eire is foreign so you should fly the red ensign with an irish courtesy flag.

 

[steve yates]

I fly no flags whatsoever, and don't really feel a need to do so.

 

[[70521]]

I like the Interceltic flags you often see in Brittany. Just need to find somewhere to buy one.

 

[pmagowan]

I like the Interceltic flags you often see in Brittany. Just need to find somewhere to buy one.

What is an interceltic flag when it is at home?

 

[[70521]]

What is an interceltic flag when it is at home?

http://www.sonerien.com/1166-1460-thickbox/interceltic-flag-in-cotton.jpg

 

[pmagowan]

http://www.sonerien.com/1166-1460-thickbox/interceltic-flag-in-cotton.jpg

Ah, yes. It wouldn't be my cuppa tea. Looks like a joke flag to me and suggests that whoever uses it is too lazy to fly an appropriate flag. It is like flying a flag with a picture of all the flags of the world on it. Not really a courtesy IMO. Also it does not seem to have Northern Ireland represented so would not really work here. I fly the typical red duster and only fly a courtesy flag when I go outside UK waters. I have lost my ensign on my last two cruises so it is expensive enough!

 

[blackfish]

When we kept a boat in Portsmouth, we used to fly a Welsh Dragon in lieu of an ensign, simply for the pleasure of the near-fatal rise in blood pressure it induced in Solent fishermen. Now, up and down Milford Haven, the sporting value of the practice has diminished somewhat.

 

[wully1]

No worries guys, I have no plans to go into NI, not unless I get a bit lost. Its mainly for the two weeks we will be anchoring around the Islands of Mull, Coll, Colansay and Islay. We will of course buy local produce wherever we stop, we dont want to upset the natives, whatever the distillery is.

Remember to get some fine Colonsay ale to wash down the whisky..

blimey, just clocked how old this thread is... Still, the Colonsay ale is well worth sampling.

 

[Robert Wilson]

Remember to get some fine Colonsay ale to wash down the whisky..

blimey, just clocked how old this thread is... Still, the Colonsay ale is well worth sampling.

+1 Ooops!