Female Yacht Owners

[Poignard]

It dealt originally with the rights of the citizen against the state. By extension it became the duty of the state to ensure rights of the citizen against other citizens (e.g. in the development of privacy law, Art 8). We are all bound by it! Even blue flag fliers.

Art 10: .... "This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers." ...

And if I tell you what I think of you, how is the UK failing in its obligation to you?

 

[byanyothername]

Ever met one ?

Multiple.

 

[Poignard]

Maybe, maybe. But I don't want to give them too much opportunity to snigger at me.

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How awful. To be so insecure that you can't be sure even your friends aren't sniggering at you. People can be so cruel.[/QUOTE]

Sniggering should be reserved for blue ensigns.

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But do you think they are aware of it?

I mean if you are too scared to walk up to them and tell them that their ensign makes you giggle, how will they ever know?

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Oh, by the way, how do you like my boat? Pretty isn't she? I'm wondering if a blue ensign might enhance her appearance. Match the sprayhood perhaps. Better than that rather tattered red one you see on the backstay.

 

[Serin]

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]But as you might gather I’m not a big fan of flags - they are all too often used as way of reinforcing tribalism and division.

The source of your imagined tribalism and social division is those who imagine them.

 

[Serin]

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Oh, by the way, how do you like my boat? Pretty isn't she? I'm wondering if a blue ensign might enhance her appearance. Match the sprayhood perhaps. Better than that rather tattered red one you see on the backstay.

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By Jove, yes, sir! I do like your boat! She is, indeed, very pretty. But don't even think of a blue ensign. Just imagine the tribalism and social division that would inevitably break out! And all the sniggering amongst your erstwhile friends! You would become an object of ridicule and a disrupter of the peace amongst the sailing fraternity. It's bad enough owning a pretty little classic, without adding insult to injury..........

 

[dunedin]

A naval officer or police officer, in uniform, can demand to see your warrant. Failure to produce one leaves you open to forfeit of the ensign and the disapprobation of all right minded sailors.

Judging by the multi coloured flags I have seen flown in Scotland, I suspect that requests to see a warrant, let alone any penalty, are as rare as anybody being prosecuted for failing to practice archery.
I think one should choose the colour of the flag to match the boat decor. Perhaps blue might match my sprayhood better?
Indeed, a Saltire on white might be worth it to see the splutters of the G&T brigade

PS. I fly a red UK ensign, though technically could alternatively legally fly blue

 

[awol]

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Oh, by the way, how do you like my boat? Pretty isn't she? I'm wondering if a blue ensign might enhance her appearance. Match the sprayhood perhaps. Better than that rather tattered red one you see on the backstay.

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One wee hiccup with a privileged ensign is having to hoist the relevant burgee. Your crosstrees seem rather full and the masthead tends to interfere with the windex etc..

 

[Poignard]

By Jove, yes, sir! I do like your boat! She is, indeed, very pretty. But don't even think of a blue ensign. Just imagine the tribalism and social division that would inevitably break out! And all the sniggering amongst your erstwhile friends! You would become an object of ridicule and a disrupter of the peace amongst the sailing fraternity. It's bad enough owning a pretty little classic, without adding insult to injury..........

Yes, you're right, of course,
But would the ridicule be as bad as I get when people see my CQR anchor?

 

[Poignard]

One wee hiccup with a privileged ensign is having to hoist the relevant burgee. Your crosstrees seem rather full and the masthead tends to interfere with the windex etc..

You're right. The flag halyards are too near the cap shrouds and burgees soon get shredded.

 

[dgadee]

I have read a bit further with Jane Austen and poor St Walter! Turns out captains and an admiral enter the story! If Austen had lived she should have called it "Vanity and Ensigns" (her brother gave it the existing title).

 

[Poignard]

I have read a bit further with Jane Austen and poor St Walter! Turns out captains and an admiral enter the story! If Austen had lived she should have called it "Vanity and Ensigns" (her brother gave it the existing title).

I have not the pleasure of understanding you. Of what are you talking?

 

[dgadee]

I have not the pleasure of understanding you. Of what are you talking?

You must have skipped the earlier parts of this thread.

 

[Poignard]

You must have skipped the earlier parts of this thread.

Hardly, I have participated in it from its start (see post #5). You must have skipped the earlier parts of this thread.

It is your post #210 that makes no sense to me.

 

[lustyd]

Yes, you're right, of course,
But would the ridicule be as bad as I get when people see my CQR anchor?

I can’t imagine people will see it before your untimely demise in an anchor dragging accident. I’m surprised you lasted this long with a cqr ?

 

[billskip]

If you want to find something really important that distinguishes us you might think about why you have a chip on your shoulder and I don't.

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Or an iPhone.....

 

[Poignard]

I can’t imagine people will see it before your untimely demise in an anchor dragging accident. I’m surprised you lasted this long with a cqr ?

Apparently I am walking with death. ?

 

[Poignard]

Or an iPhone.....

The shame is hard to bear. One cannot hold one's head up in polite society.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

The shame is hard to bear. One cannot hold one's head up in polite society.

We’ve had to do just that this evening. Nobody mentioned ensigns. Or anchors, come to that.

 

[Graham376]

I remove both my ensign and burgee when I leave my boat on its mooring.

I used to remove ensign until Policia Maritima saw me taking it down one time and said, being a foreign boat, it has to be displayed 24/7, along with courtesy flag.

 

[Serin]

Yes, you're right, of course,
But would the ridicule be as bad as I get when people see my CQR anchor?

My dear sir, possession of a CQR is a sign of distinction. Indeed, I have one myself. It is the sign of a fine seaman or seawoman. One that actually knows how to anchor. One that is worthy of a boat of distinction (such as a Twister )