Courtesy Flag Problem.

[DJE]

Arrived in Dutch waters today and proudly hoisted my new courtesy flag. Then started looking around and something didn't quite seem right.

 

[johnalison]

Let us know when they let you out of jail, though I'm not prepared to stand bail.

 

[KevinV]

The locals came to your aid in droves I presume?

 

[Buck Turgidson]

did they think you had been hijacked?

 

[ylop]

Let us know when they let you out of jail, though I'm not prepared to stand bail.

He’ll be fine - they will assume it is a political gesture in support of their farmers who have been flying the flag upside down in protest.

 

[Boathook]

I write the country and put an arrow on some of my flags to indicate the top ! It does help after a grotty channel crossing !

 

[srm]

In the past the toggle on a flag was always at the top to prevent the flag getting pulled in to the block. More recently I have come across similar examples to the OP's with the line sewn in the wrong way. They are probably produced in a sweat shop hundreds of miles from the sea where they are just colourful bits of cloth for rich people to play with.

 

[DJE]

Just heard from the suppliers - they are sending a replacement.

 

[Wandering Star]

In the past the toggle on a flag was always at the top to prevent the flag getting pulled in to the block. More recently I have come across similar examples to the OP's with the line sewn in the wrong way. They are probably produced in a sweat shop hundreds of miles from the sea where they are just colourful bits of cloth for rich people to play with.

Never knew the reason for the toggle, always assumed it was for attaching to a loop in the flag halyard - learn something new every day!

 

[st599]

If the toggles at the bottom, when you break the flag on arrival in foreign waters, it will hang below the yard.