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Old 08-13-2012, 03:36 AM   #44
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Originally Posted by ARoss View Post
Ensign aft, Carolina State flag on the bow pulpit, Yacht Club burgee and officer flag on the spreader.
Should we expect you to be a perfect mariner?

A couple of times I've reported to yacht club officials of their members not behaving in proper maritime manner such as not showing lights or making sounds in limited visibility, but the officials never responded.

Perhaps sailors should be reluctant showing their clubs' colors, or perhaps not?



View from anchor-light-displaying Carquinez Coot off Benicia, CA boat harbor, November 2011. Had expected the motoring sailboat to show a red side light and higher white light toward me as well as periodically sounding a prolonged signal, but I was disappointed.
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