Flag Etiquette

[Lakesailor]

I wonder what the flag on the backstay of that yacht is?

 

[sarabande]

I think that furling foresails are so useful.

 

[[2574]]

have you noticed...........

have you noticed that there's a girl sitting right in the way of the forestay. How could the rigger get the toggle fitted with her sat there? It's ridiculous!

 

[SimbaDog]

Don't know but there are a pair of them & they are pretty large

 

[Deleted member 36384]

There is a schooner in the top right hand corner of the picture. Quite rare to see that these days ohh why bother with this charade. Nice girl, lovely beach balls. Thanks.

 

[Salty John]

What a pleasant surprise to see a picture of someone on a boat wearing a lifejacket - well done to that young lady for setting a good example!

(I believe that's Key West and the flags are the rainbow emblems of the gay community on charter boats).

 

[Richard Shead]

Not that I know too much about it but...

What a pleasant surprise to see a picture of someone on a boat wearing a lifejacket - well done to that young lady for setting a good example!

(I believe that's Key West and the flags are the rainbow emblems of the gay community on charter boats).

They are not the rainbow flags displayed on the charter boats in the pix but I think its Key West, is that the Schooner Bar to the left? I just happened to be there (Gods honest truth!) last Oct / Nov when everyone gets naked (not me) at Fantasyfest. Now I have seen some sights but this was something else..(NOTHING like what is pictured)

 

[Salty John]

We spent a couple of New Years and a couple of Fantasy Fests moored up at that dock, before they tarted it up and put the walkway in. In more recent years we've been by car rather than boat and enjoyed the luxery of hotels. Great place.

I've never quite understood why normally staid and respectable folk from middle America feel compelled to remove their clothes and wander around the bars at Fantasy Fest - hilarious! Must be the unhibited atmosphere and free flowing booze.

I think you'll find that the catamaran in the background is BlueQ which advertises itself as the premier gay-friendly charter boat in Key West. The rainbow flag is recognised as the symbol of gay friendly businesses.

 

[Richard Shead]

I get the rainbow flag

We spent a couple of New Years and a couple of Fantasy Fests moored up at that dock, before they tarted it up and put the walkway in. In more recent years we've been by car rather than boat and enjoyed the luxery of hotels. Great place.

I've never quite understood why normally staid and respectable folk from middle America feel compelled to remove their clothes and wander around the bars at Fantasy Fest - hilarious! Must be the unhibited atmosphere and free flowing booze.

I think you'll find that the catamaran in the background is BlueQ which advertises itself as the premier gay-friendly charter boat in Key West. The rainbow flag is recognised as the symbol of gay friendly businesses.

From the picture it does not look like it? maybe I need to zoom in!

Agree in the whole removal of clothes very bizarre in fact having a giggle at the pix last night, the only good thing is being able to walk down the street, bar to bar with a drink in your hand.

To add and having just zoomed in you are correct it is the rainbow flag.

 

[bobgoode]

Now how the h*ll do you get a crew like that? ...... especially if she pays for her round in the pub, can hand reef and steer and still look that good...





bug88r ..SWIMBO just caught me.

 

[Boreades]

If you look very closely, eventually a boat appears in the background.