How big??

[photodog]

So, my raggedy old ensign is looking a bit past it... and its not a proper one but a printed job... And now that I am on the East Coast I have noticed a propensity for larger, in fact MUCH larger ensigns than we would use in the SW....

So I am gonna order a nice stitched job for my xmas pressie... but I am wondering just how big I should go... whats a decent size and whats just being a plonker...

We are talking 9.5 meter AWB...

Heres the current set up....

I am thinking at least a 1 meter... but is this gonna be big enough?

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

1 1/2 yd would be about right!

 

[photodog]

That sounds pretty big... but I suppose that if I am confident with how I deploy it, no one will be unhappy!

 

[sarabande]

pretty dam' clever, PDog, the way you photoshop those cloud reflections on the water. Neat work.


You need a bigger staff. I'll give some internet marketing friends your email.....

 

[sailorman]

So, my raggedy old ensign is looking a bit past it... and its not a proper one but a printed job... And now that I am on the East Coast I have noticed a propensity for larger, in fact MUCH larger ensigns than we would use in the SW....

So I am gonna order a nice stitched job for my xmas pressie... but I am wondering just how big I should go... whats a decent size and whats just being a plonker...

We are talking 9.5 meter AWB...

Heres the current set up....

I am thinking at least a 1 meter... but is this gonna be big enough?

A 1m Red Ensign ( sewn ) from the Ensign Flag Co Liverpool would be acceptable

 

[sailorman]

pretty dam' clever, PDog, the way you photoshop those cloud reflections on the water. Neat work.


You need a bigger staff. I'll give some internet marketing friends your email.....

It is common knowledge on the East Coast that he is deficient in the Staff Dept

 

[photodog]

It is common knowledge on the East Coast that he is deficient in the Staff Dept

This is the first complaint I've ever heard...

 

[photodog]

pretty dam' clever, PDog, the way you photoshop those cloud reflections on the water. Neat work.


You need a bigger staff. I'll give some internet marketing friends your email.....

Why thank you!

 

[cliffdale]

East Coast?

Looks very much like Turnaware in the Fal river.

 

[photodog]

East Coast?

Looks very much like Turnaware in the Fal river.

Its the East Coast of our dreams...... Blue water!




2 minutes later watched some muppet stuff one of Cornish Cruisings boats on the bar at about 6 knots...

 

[PetiteFleur]

You could always follow the Dutch system of having it large enough so the fly just touches the water when at rest.

 

[photodog]

That would have the added advantage of helping cover my ugly back end...

 

[Rigger Mortice]

I hate oversized ensigns; they always look pretentious to me. I much prefer the old rule of thumb of 1" for each foot LOA.
Each to their own though.

 

[Ianqv]

1 1/2

Not pretentious... Patriotic! (IMHO)

This is good old Dad helming back in the summer, this is 1 1/4... and I wish I had gone for a 1 1/2.

Boat size.. 37ft

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Crikey Rigger Mortice, you wont like mine then... I've just got a 2yd one... Got to keep up with the Dutch somehow...

 

[Rigger Mortice]

Crikey Rigger Mortice, you wont like mine then... I've just got a 2yd one... Got to keep up with the Dutch somehow...

Well, you can't help being pretentious. Obviously you had a bump on the head during childhood.

As far as I can see the whole trend for oversize ensigns came over from the States where everything is OTT. Give me the calm, traditional, quiet approach of true Brits, rather than the loudmouth US style.

 

[DJE]

I hate oversized ensigns; they always look pretentious to me. I much prefer the old rule of thumb of 1" for each foot LOA.
Each to their own though.

Heard that one lots of times but does it mean 1" in the hoist or the fly? As ensigns are generally proportioned at 2:1.

 

[Fantasie 19]

I hate oversized ensigns; they always look pretentious to me. I much prefer the old rule of thumb of 1" for each foot LOA.
Each to their own though.

..I always heard/believed that the rule of thumb is that the ensign should be just big enough to dip the water when at rest...

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

that could be interesting for anyone who wears their ensign at the mizzen masthead!

 

[Ludd]

..I always heard/believed that the rule of thumb is that the ensign should be just big enough to dip the water when at rest...

How does that work on a ketch with the ensign worn at the mizzen masthead?