courtesy flags

[Rigger]

Can anyone tell me what is the correct courtesy flag fo Northern Ireland. I nearly got linched 2 yrs ago entering Bangor marina with an Irish tricolor still up having come up from Dublin. I have a feeling there may be several million St Georges Crosses available 2nd hand on Thursday night, is this the correct flag or is there a specific one for Ulster?

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[Samphire]

I f you are a UK registered/based vessel entering Northern Ireland does not require a courtesy flag as it is all part of UK,no different from Scotland or Wales,if you are from anywhere else a red ensign is correct as per any non UK boat visiting anypart of UK.Flying an Irish tricolour as a courtesy flag entering northern Ireland is likely to be offensive to many.

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[extravert]

You are not in foreign waters in Northern Ireland if your boat is UK registered, so no courtesy flag required. Have your normal ensign in its normal place.

However, to avoid any possibility of offence my solution is not to use a courtesy flag anywhere in Irish waters, Northern or Southern. Noone has ever complained.

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[jhr]

Discussed a while back <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.ybw.com/cgi-bin/forums/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=ym&Number=323787&page=&view=&sb=&o=&part=all&vc=1>here</A>.

Red Ensign the one to go for. St George's cross not a good idea imho, and besides, everyone will be laughing at your team's rubbish performance /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

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[cliff]

this

or this



Bangor is a Loyalist center so no problems /forums/images/icons/crazy.gif hence your treatment when flying the tricolour


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[Samphire]

Rest assured that your advice is bad. You will cause offence if you are a non Irish visitor sailing in the Republic of Ireland and you dont bother flying an Irish Tricolour as a courtesy flag.
Samphire.

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[extravert]

I would rather people got offended because I was flying no courtesy flag than risk what the original poster reported when he flew the wrong one.

His words 'nearly got lynched' sound like it was an unpleasant experience.

Rest assured, that if you visit the UK with no courtesy flag, you will still receive a warm welcome.





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[AndCur]

Hi Rigger

I just out of interest I happen to be from Bangor in N Ireland. I hope you enjoyed
our fine marina,town and many pubs. As N Ireland is part of the UK all you need fly is the ensign. You could if you wanted to fly a courtesy flag use the bottom flag as displayed by Cliff.

 

[Born_Free]

Most regretably the Cross of St George as suggested above should not be flown from any vessel as it is a Royal Navy signal indicating that an Admiral is on board.
I only fly mine when SWMBO, otherwise refered to as the Rear-Admiral, is along for the ride.

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Now I'm expensive

 

[cliff]

Agreed, the bottom one is more correct as it refers to the 6 rather than the 9

I fly the bottom one usually.

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[snowleopard]

not correct to fly cross of st george if rear admiral on board, requires two balls in addition.

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