flag etiquette

[NormanS]

Nobody else seems to have commented on the fact that the blue ensign isn't as the broad strip at the bottom of the hoist should be higher than the narrow and I haven't found the word "wear" in any of the responses.

Duck.

Try reading #40.

 

[Graham_Wright]

Try reading #40.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands#/media/File:Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg

Spot the difference!

 

[BelleSerene]

My late father, whose sailing career ran from 1919 to 1983, said that "flying an ensign in home waters used to be considered tripperish".

But I bet wearing one didn't.

 

[Kukri]

But I bet wearing one didn't.

My recollection is that he said "flying".

Too much Flag Etiquette and we all start talking like the Heralds of the College of Arms

 

[RichardS]

Nobody else seems to have commented on the fact that the blue ensign isn't as the broad strip at the bottom of the hoist should be higher than the narrow and I haven't found the word "wear" in any of the responses.

Duck.

Post #3 covers it, surely?

Richard

 

[Graham_Wright]

Post #3 covers it, surely?

Richard

It's not clear from the photo but it looks as if the union flag occupies the whole of the hoist. It doesn't seem to be inverted.

 

[Motor_Sailor]

Nobody else seems to have commented . . .

That's because there's nothing wrong with the ensign. You should have gone to specsavers.

 

[Graham_Wright]

That's because there's nothing wrong with the ensign. You should have gone to specsavers.

Try again! Pot and kettle come to mind!

 

[Motor_Sailor]

Try again! Pot and kettle come to mind!

Okay, tell us in some detail what you think is wrong.

 

[Graham_Wright]

Okay, tell us in some detail what you think is wrong.

Read post 60. (I know, it gets boring to flog through the lot looking for sense!)

 

[Motor_Sailor]

Read post 60.

I have done. I've even downloaded and enlarged it.
Still none the wiser. The union flag is the right way up and is in the right proportion.

 

[Graham_Wright]

I have done. I've even downloaded and enlarged it.
Still none the wiser. The union flag is the right way up and is in the right proportion.

Somebody's going to get annoyed with this pedantry but post 4 allows quite a good comparison. The hoist on the questionable flag is a bit hard to determine details from but the other end clearly shows the bottom white broad stripe to be at the top. Wrong!

There is a possibility that the flag is twisted to confuse the view.

I am pedantic about the union flag and particularly annoyed when I find Sunseeker at Southampton with cheap and nasty incorrect ensigns. Must be an incredibly tiny proportion of the cost of the vessel. It had determined me never to buy a Sunseeker (amongst other reasons ).

 

[Motor_Sailor]

There is a possibility that the flag is twisted to confuse the view.

It's not a possibility, it's a certainty. You can see the top edge of the ensign running down parallel to the fly.

It's a perfect ensign in every way.

 

[Graham_Wright]

It's not a possibility, it's a certainty. You can see the top edge of the ensign running down parallel to the fly.

It's a perfect ensign in every way.

View attachment 65001

I'll let you win this one - I'm busy!

 

[JumbleDuck]

Too much Flag Etiquette and we all start talking like the Heralds of the College of Arms

Westerly Gryphon Pursuivant?

 

[jordanbasset]

Now I'm not a particular stickler about most of it but certain things I believe should be done right, so what do you think of this:

I'm not interested in the political aspect of it whichever side of the fence you sit on.

Blue ensign, ish, no club burgee is it real?

So after 74 posts the cosensus is this flag is okay, has anyone got any more pictures of flags for the forum to ponder

 

[Metabarca]

The only time I have ever been criticised over a flag was when I entered Queensway marina and had left the Spanish courtesy flag flying. No defence but in mitigation it was very windy and in sorting other things out it got forgotten, I did have a very large British ensign.
I had not even passed the rope to the marina staff when he shouted 'get that down.'

One can only assume that someone so rude as to shout this before you'd even arrived has either got something long and hard shoved up his arse or his wife isn't giving him any.

 

[horatio_nelson]

Great thread, this one. It's got it all!

 

[BelleSerene]

One can only assume that someone so rude as to shout this before you'd even arrived has either got something long and hard shoved up his arse or his wife isn't giving him any.

They do have cause to be a bit itchier about flying a Spanish flag over in Gib!

 

[jordanbasset]

One can only assume that someone so rude as to shout this before you'd even arrived has either got something long and hard shoved up his arse or his wife isn't giving him any.

Probably -)