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06-11-2016, 05:42 PM
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Guru
City: Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA
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Flag Size
Ok, no other flag or other issues. Just a three part question. What is the boat length and what size National flag do you fly and what size courtesy flag do you fly.
Boat length=
National Flag=
Courtesy Flag=
And it's about what you actually fly, not what someone says you should.
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06-11-2016, 05:55 PM
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Guru
City: Jacksonville
Vessel Name: SONAS
Vessel Model: Grand Alaskan 53
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What do you mean by courtesy flag?
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06-11-2016, 06:00 PM
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Guru
City: Campbell River
Vessel Name: Okisollo
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Boat length = 57 feet oal (53' 11" registered, documented?)
National flag = 54 inches
courtesy flag = none
Ted
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06-11-2016, 06:30 PM
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Guru
City: Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by menzies
What do you mean by courtesy flag?
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Wifey B: Flag of other countries you enter, flown after clearing in.
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06-11-2016, 06:49 PM
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Guru
City: Sarasota/Ft. Lauderdale
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82'
It's either 24" x 36" or 30" x 48". Can't remember.
Standard size you find at most marine stores.
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06-11-2016, 10:19 PM
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Guru
City: Bayview
Vessel Name: Puffin
Vessel Model: Willard Vega 30
Join Date: Aug 2013
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32'
24 x 32
12 x 16
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What kind of boat is that?
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06-12-2016, 12:37 AM
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Senior Member
City: Tokyo, Japan / Tampa, Florida / Washington, Virginia
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Flag size should be 1" in length for every 1' of boat length. I think I remember reading this in Chapan's
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06-12-2016, 12:40 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Saltspring Island
Vessel Name: Retreat
Vessel Model: C&L 44
Join Date: Nov 2007
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44'
48"
24"
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06-12-2016, 01:00 AM
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Master and Commander
City: Vallejo CA
Vessel Name: Carquinez Coot
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Whatever, my US flag is perfectly sized.
Three feet versus 36 feet.
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06-12-2016, 04:53 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2014
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Nothing looks more ridiculous than a too small American flag on a boat! 1" for every foot of length is correct.
Not sure about the courtesy flag size but we often see vessels flying a "courtesy" flag when not needed, i.e. a US flagged boat sailing in RI with a German courtesy flag flying all summer...nothing says "Twinkie" quite as effectively in my ever so humble opinion...
Bruce
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06-12-2016, 06:17 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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The properly flown courtesy flag is your signal to the country you are visiting ,
1. You are not at WAR with them
2. You have cleared customs and immigration .
Before clearing into the country the Yellow Q ( quarantine ) flag is required.
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06-12-2016, 07:18 AM
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Guru
City: Fort Myers, FL... Summers in the Great Lakes
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45'
48"
None (no plans to leave the USA at this time).
Ted
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06-12-2016, 08:22 AM
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Guru
City: New England and Canada to Florida
Vessel Name: Tadhana
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Our boat is 38
We try to stay close to the suggested 1" of fly for every 1' of boat so we our US flag measures 36" on the fly.
No courtesy flag as we are in US waters.
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06-12-2016, 09:18 AM
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Guru
City: Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruce B
Nothing looks more ridiculous than a too small American flag on a boat! 1" for every foot of length is correct.
Not sure about the courtesy flag size but we often see vessels flying a "courtesy" flag when not needed, i.e. a US flagged boat sailing in RI with a German courtesy flag flying all summer...nothing says "Twinkie" quite as effectively in my ever so humble opinion...
Bruce
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Wifey B: 1" works up to a certain size. Doesn't work for 80' and really doesn't for say 120'. It would be more like a sail at 10' long.
Actually the German flag you're referring to may be a foreign guest flag.
Foreign Guest Flags
When a foreign guest is aboard, you may display the ensign of the guest's country from the bow staff or outboard port spreader. Should more than one such guest flag be appropriate, wear them on spreader halyards from port to starboard in the alphabetical order of their countries' names in the English language. Makes no sense to me and just confuses things. We don't do it. Don't personally know anyone who does. I'm just picturing someone now with flags for seven or eight countries flying.
But back to what people here are really flying.
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06-12-2016, 09:55 AM
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Guru
City: Bayview
Vessel Name: Puffin
Vessel Model: Willard Vega 30
Join Date: Aug 2013
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Will fly the Courtesy Flag from the bow now that we have no mast spreaders.
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What kind of boat is that?
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06-12-2016, 09:55 AM
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Guru
City: AR
Join Date: Jul 2009
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According to Chapmans, the "fly" (length) should be 1" for every foot of boat length. Size DOWN, not up, if your boat is longer than than available flag sizes....Iow, a 39' boat would fly a 36" flag, not a 42".
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06-12-2016, 10:15 AM
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Guru
City: Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HeadMistress
According to Chapmans, the "fly" (length) should be 1" for every foot of boat length. Size DOWN, not up, if your boat is longer than than available flag sizes....Iow, a 39' boat would fly a 36" flag, not a 42".
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Wifey B: I know what Chapman's says but it's not realistic for larger boats, in my opinion. That's why I asked what people are actually doing.
Where are people buying their flags would be my other question?
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06-12-2016, 10:28 AM
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Guru
City: Miami
Join Date: Jul 2013
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Current boat:
60'
36"x60"
24"x36"
I like to buy them locally when I see them to support the country's economy. I also like to buy them a little bigger than the standard ones available in say west marine.
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06-12-2016, 10:51 AM
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Guru
City: Gig Harbor
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BandB
Ok, no other flag or other issues. Just a three part question. What is the boat length and what size National flag do you fly and what size courtesy flag do you fly.
Boat length=
National Flag=
Courtesy Flag=
And it's about what you actually fly, not what someone says you should.
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43' boat length.
National flag is 3'x5'
No courtesy fall atm
Pretty hard to keep a thread from drifting isn't it.
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06-12-2016, 11:01 AM
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Guru
City: AR
Join Date: Jul 2009
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Where are people buying their flags would be my other question?
Have you tried googling "US flags?" I turned up a bunch of sources that offer good quality embroidered flags made in America for reasonable prices. I didn't check for largest sizes available. Try Amazon first.
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