FWIW, I never use any regional c'flag when cruising abroad.
I sort of want to agree the principle mapisM. But if you don't fly a bandana-head man in bandit country, er, I mean Corsica, and fly the french tricolour instead, prepare to be last in the queue for any nice marina berthFWIW, I never use any regional c'flag when cruising abroad.
And I surely wouldn't fly a Breton flag below the French one anyway, based on my experience with Bretons...
Point taken, but I'd rather fly the regional flag alone, in that case.
Flying a c'flag is not mandatory anyway...
Frinstance, here in IT, barely one out 10 foreign boats flies a correct IT courtesy flag!
Including boats actually owned by Italians but registered in the UK, F, etc.
PS: anyway, out of curiosity, do you fly the Corsican flag below the French on stbd spreader, or above, or elsewhere?
, whereas if i fly just the man-in-the-bandana the Corsicans approve and the French seem not to care.
Aaargh, no!
Aaargh, no!
Only IT registered boats are entitled to fly the (civil) maritime ensign, which is the one with the emblem in the center, representing the four historical maritime republics.
The plain IT flag is what you're supposed to fly as c'flag, so it looks like you're using the correct one, even if in doubt of being wrong!
Funny though, most of those who are flying the flag with the emblem tell me that it's the only one they found in chandlers...
...maybe you found it a non-boating shop?
100% agreed re. flying the Region flag alone rather than both the Country+Region - that's exactly what I said in my last post.
Certainly would have that implication if they were two national flags. But a region being subordinate to its parent country doesn't seem controversial to me (perhaps just because I'm not in the Hampshire Separatist Militia?).
The French flag pretty much has to be on the starboard crosstree end; I would fly the Norman flag on the port side instead of below it, but the forum burgee has already taken that spot
St Piran's Cross at the masthead, and the Red Ensign from the peak of the mizzen gaff; I have a good boat for flaggery
Pete
100% correct. But my understanding is that most boaters only buy the courtesy flag upon arrival in IT (as they probably would do in other Countries).
100% correct. But my understanding is that most boaters only buy the courtesy flag upon arrival in IT (as they probably would do in other Countries).
And any chandler which you'll find in or near a marina is more likely to stock maritime ensigns, rather than the Country flag.
So, needless to say, if asked for a courtesy flag, they'll rather sell the "incorrect" one than nothing at all...!
I wouldn't rate it as an eternal sin, anyway.
I mean, neither flying the maritime ensigne, nor sell it as a courtesy flag.
Only 16 posts elioti
If you had put this in the Raggie forum you would have had at least 100 replies and a thread that would last for weeks.
It's only the Brits that make a fuss about courtesy flags.