sailorman
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Spot the Mistake
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Wunja
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Are you referring to the inverted Australian/New Zealand flag? Surely that is the correct way up for those from down under?
Athene V30
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I thought it was an undefaced blue ensign so presumably in distress?
Can't see a burgee a burgee at masthead or startboard spreader so no reason to be up any way and particularly not in a hoist on the forestay.
Presumably liked the colour when looking round the swindelry.
Can't see a burgee a burgee at masthead or startboard spreader so no reason to be up any way and particularly not in a hoist on the forestay.
Presumably liked the colour when looking round the swindelry.
Master_under_Dog
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Isn't it that the brokers have seen it as a bit of bunting to make a boat for sale stand out a bit more? Surely no owner would leave a hoist on the forestay.
Wunja
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Here's a thought...
Should a foreign naval vessel hoist a blue ensign as a courtesy flag or the red?
Should a foreign naval vessel hoist a blue ensign as a courtesy flag or the red?
Athene V30
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Red. The national maritime flag for the UK is the red ensign. Whites and Blues are priviliged ensigns and as such need a warrant to flown.
The Dutch always ask this question! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
The Dutch always ask this question! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Wunja
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Probably confused by the little hard to see flags flown* on the back of UK boats..
*For pedants that is "ensigns worn"
*For pedants that is "ensigns worn"
davidfox
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Yachting Monthly is back to front? so is pic?
sailorman
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I am told by a very experenced Deep Sea & Harwich Pilot ( Rtd ) the the correct United Kingdom Maritime Ensign is in fact the Union Flag /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
davidfox
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Its the beneteau owners club race day at foxes and the blue boat aint one?
sailorman
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incorrect
the blue boat isin fact a Grampian 34 if you look closely /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
the blue boat isin fact a Grampian 34 if you look closely /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Mariner69
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Not so. The lettering on the building is the correct way around so it is just a cheap "Yachting Monthly" flag. But the ensign is inverted. May be celebrating the Queen's Official Birthday?
Mariner69
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I am told by a very experenced Deep Sea & Harwich Pilot ( Rtd ) the the correct United Kingdom Maritime Ensign is in fact the Union Flag /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
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Which just goes to show that even the professionals can get it wrong /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
I am told by a very experenced Deep Sea & Harwich Pilot ( Rtd ) the the correct United Kingdom Maritime Ensign is in fact the Union Flag /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
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Which just goes to show that even the professionals can get it wrong /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
sailorman
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you tell him if you dare /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif, hes never wrong /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif so he says /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Mariner69
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You can tell him
"I raise him one Andy Adams and will see him"
let's see how good at poker he is /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
"I raise him one Andy Adams and will see him"
let's see how good at poker he is /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Master_under_Dog
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Perhaps he was thinking about Royal Navy ships. Wikipedia has this authoritative sounding statement:
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The Union Flag (also known as the Union Jack) should only be flown as a jack by Royal Navy ships when moored, at anchor, while underway and dressed with masthead ensigns or if the Monarch or an Admiral of the Fleet is on board. The Union Flag may also signal that a court martial is in progress.
Interestingly, use of the Union Flag as an ensign on a civilian craft remains illegal to this day ever since Charles I ordered it be restricted to His Majesty's ships "upon pain of Our high displeasure" in the 17th century, mainly due to its unauthorised use by merchant mariners to avoid paying harbour duties by passing themselves off as Royal vessels.
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Michael
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The Union Flag (also known as the Union Jack) should only be flown as a jack by Royal Navy ships when moored, at anchor, while underway and dressed with masthead ensigns or if the Monarch or an Admiral of the Fleet is on board. The Union Flag may also signal that a court martial is in progress.
Interestingly, use of the Union Flag as an ensign on a civilian craft remains illegal to this day ever since Charles I ordered it be restricted to His Majesty's ships "upon pain of Our high displeasure" in the 17th century, mainly due to its unauthorised use by merchant mariners to avoid paying harbour duties by passing themselves off as Royal vessels.
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Michael
sailorman
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I doubt hes heard of Wikipedia or belives that statement /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif
Dizzy101
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Its the beneteau owners club race day at foxes and the blue boat aint one?
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Beneteau race day!
They don't appear to know anything about racing, having all crossed the Ajax finish line on Saturday off Pye End pretty much as the Ajax fleet was making for the line!
John
Its the beneteau owners club race day at foxes and the blue boat aint one?
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Beneteau race day!
They don't appear to know anything about racing, having all crossed the Ajax finish line on Saturday off Pye End pretty much as the Ajax fleet was making for the line!
John
sailorman
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who woz stbd tack