Courtesy flags - where do you have to wear one?

[JumbleDuck]

... matters of fact rather than opinion the lazy prefer to rely on from something they overheard in the pub even when the facts are readily available.

See also "a yacht's log is a legal document" and "doing that will invalidate your insurance".

 

[RichardS]

See also "a yacht's log is a legal document" and "doing that will invalidate your insurance".

Also add "Poor John Doe .... He died doing what was right of way" bollux.

Richard

 

[GTom]

BTW, is the courtesy flag always the civil ensign or the land flag?

 

[Kukri]

Always the civil ensign.

 

[Refueler]

Here's one for the Ex Spurts on here ...

wait for it ....

Note the 'tack line' separating the courtesy flag from the next flag down ... denoting the two flags are to read separately.

 

[jamie N]

Never seen nor heard of such a thing, It will probably be another of these inventions for tourists, like clan tartan

Absolutely the same Steve, I stumbled across it searching for a 'Black Isle' flag, currently under design I believe.
Not going to agree about the similarity with 'Tourist Clan Tartan' though.

 

[Refueler]

I do.
They're a bit oversized for my boat as I 'liberated' them of a decommissioned inshore minesweeper.
One of those things you do when you're young and somewhat intoxicated.
Imagine my surprise when I found a use for them later in life.

Liberating items when intoxicated ....................

Singapore ... a big plastic cartoon character outside a Fast Food place ... we strapped to back of taxi and got that back to ship ...

Same ship (we were in Drydock) .... every day we would see the dockies sitting under a Tiger Beer sunbrella ...... we suffered quite a lot of gears stolen of the ship (Dockyard compensated us all) but same guy and I decided we would get our own back .... so the sunbrella went missing ....
They searched the ship but never found either.

When we sailed ... cartoon character was sitting under the sunbrella on the top of the accommodation for all to see !!

 

[GTom]

Always the civil ensign.

Thought so too. Interesting, Jimmygreen sells IoM land flag as courtesy flag here, and Force4 here, not the IoM red ensign...

 

[JumbleDuck]

Thought so too. Interesting, Jimmygreen sells IoM land flag as courtesy flag here, and Force4 here, not the IoM red ensign...

The Manx red ensign was only re-introduced in 1971 after a long gap, so perhaps their rules are different from ours.

 

[GTom]

The Manx red ensign was only re-introduced in 1971 after a long gap, so perhaps their rules are different from ours.

Same goes for the Channel Islands: Force 4 Courtesy Flag - Guernsey | Force 4 Chandlery