Which Flag?

[Daydream believer]

I look forward to to having a Scottish registered boat. ????????????????????

But would you then be able to afford a boat?--- without the financial support of Westminster

 

[Irish Rover]

I believe lighting a bonfire on the foredeck would appeal greatly to the majority (for now) in NI.

 

[oldmanofthehills]

She is on Part 1, registered port Fowey (where the first owner registered her).

So actually a Cornish registered boat

 

[Tranona]

She is on Part 1, registered port Fowey (where the first owner registered her).

In which case it is a British Registered ship and the port of registry is chosen from a list in the United Kingdom. No such thing as an "English registered boat".

 

[awol]

But would you then be able to afford a boat?--- without the financial support of Westminster

Thank you for reminding us of the gratitude and fealty we owe to our overlords who in their wisdom have led us screaming and fighting to the sunny uplands.

 

[oldmanofthehills]

Round here they get a bit militant and usually fly this.
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Your lot mostly copied ours, but imitation may be flattery

 

[madabouttheboat]

Not to the Cornish it wouldnt.

Well if I visit cornwall, I will have to ensure I carry my Cornish courtesy flag........along with my Essex, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, Dorset and Devon ones, as I pass through on the way. Will I need a separate one in case I stop in on the Isle of Wight

 

[oldmanofthehills]

Well if I visit cornwall, I will have to ensure I carry my Cornish courtesy flag........along with my Essex, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, Dorset and Devon ones, as I pass through on the way. Will I need a separate one in case I stop in on the Isle of Wight

The Isle of Wight was never a separate polity, Wessex however ....

 

[LittleSister]

Well if I visit cornwall, I will have to ensure I carry my Cornish courtesy flag........

Should those sailing up the Tamar from Plymouth fly the Devon flag from the stbd. crosstrees, and the Cornish one to port, and swop them over when sailing downstream?

 

[oldmanofthehills]

Should those sailing up the Tamar from Plymouth fly the Devon flag from the stbd. crosstrees, and the Cornish one to port, and swop them over when sailing downstream?

No because the Tamar is entirely within Cornwall.

Part of Cawsands did used to be Devon, but they sensibly swapped it with St Budeaux on the outskirts of Plymouth which was cornish.

The protocol on multiple courtesy flags confuses me, even more than remembering which halliard

 

[Daydream believer]

Nobody has mentioned the forum flag yet. Surely that should open a few doors

 

[LittleSister]

No because the Tamar is entirely within Cornwall.

The Devon/Cornwall border runs down the middle of the Tamar almost its entire 61 mile length, from the Tamar Bridge to just short of the Tamar's source at Meddon Moor (not far from Hartland and Clovelly) with the exception of two short sections near Bridgerule.

(From Meddon Moor, less than 4 miles from the 'north' coast, the County boundary mainly follows Masland Water, to reach the sea at Masland Mouth, roughly halfway between Bude and Hartland Point.)

Hence the old joke that if they cut the chains of the Torpoint Ferry, Cornwall would drift away.

 

[Sandy]

Nobody has mentioned the forum flag yet. Surely that should open a few doors

I only fly it when visiting other marinas.

 

[johnalison]

I find flying anything featuring a Union Jack rather twee to me. But each to there own I guess.

Kernow bys vyken!

I think that what I meant was that it felt like an affectation for me to fly a local flag within my own nation. I can understand the desire for locals to fly local flags, something that I have observed from Brittany to Bornholm, even though it doesn’t always comply with standard procedure.

 

[awol]

I think that what I meant was that it felt like an affectation for me to fly a local flag within my own nation. I can understand the desire for locals to fly local flags, something that I have observed from Brittany to Bornholm, even though it doesn’t always comply with standard procedure.

I think the clue is in the word "courtesy".

 

[oldmanofthehills]

I think that what I meant was that it felt like an affectation for me to fly a local flag within my own nation. I can understand the desire for locals to fly local flags, something that I have observed from Brittany to Bornholm, even though it doesn’t always comply with standard procedure.

Depends what you mean by your own nation. Many of the Cornish do not consider that they live in England, though they might be quite happy to work there, and the Breton considers they were sold down the river by the french revolution, having been autonomous until then, despite their support for the revolutionary party and principles. They thus consider themselves a nation as much as say the Welsh and both have independence movements though only supported by dreamers.

I know the border between Devon and Cornwall as actually mid Tamar but locals tell me its far up the Devon bank. Sensibilities!

So flying a local flag can confirm your regional identity, and flying your neighbours flag when visiting acknowledges their right to their identity. The greater regions of most of the Britain have not changed since King Alfreds day. Courtesy is not defined by state regulation.