T&T: Courtesy flags

[Peter Bennett]

Monday, May 11, 2009, 1:52:21 PM, Gil wrote:

<snippage>

GJ> I suppose I'm
GJ> not talking trawler here.  So, just let me tell you that when you see my boat
GJ> it will always have the U.S. Flag displayed, a flag that's in good repair, and
GJ> one that borders on being proportionally too big for the boat.  While in
GJ> another contries waters that U.S. Flag will continue to be proudly flown,
GJ> larger than the visiting country's courtesy flag, but inferring in placement
GJ> (below the courtest flag) as another point of courtesy for country being
GJ> visited.

GJ> Gil

According to the Flag Protocol article in the Royal Vancouver Yacht
Club yearbook:

The vessel's National Ensign is worn in the first position of
seniority (this not necessarily (and probably not the highest)
position.  On power vessels, this is the peak of the gaff (if fitted),
or at the taffrail.

The club burgee should be flown from the second position of seniority
- the mainmast truck

A foreign courtesy flag is flown from the third position of seniority:
the starboard spreader.  The courtesy flag is the National Ensign of
the host country.  Note that this will normally place the courtesy
flag physically above the vessel's own ensign.

Only one flag should be flown from any one staff or halyard. (but they
do allow two flags on one halyard, most senior uppermost, if the
vessel does not have enough halyards for the required flags.)


-- 
Peter Bennett, VE7CEI    Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Ennos 31 "Honeycomb"
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