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best palce to mount a flag?
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| Author | Topic: best palce to mount a flag? |
| bocadrew |
posted 07-30-2002 12:34 PM ET (US)  
just bought a 86 Montauk, and wondering what is the apropiate and best place to show the red, white and blue. |
| whalerron |
posted 07-30-2002 12:40 PM ET (US)
I fly mine from the stern light.... |
| David Ratusnik |
posted 07-30-2002 02:08 PM ET (US)
Bocadrew- I rigged a real nice stainless steel flag pole mount on the inside vertical piece of gunwale teak (22'OR). Found the stainless mount at a nautical flea market. Holds a teak pole about 2" in diameter- 3' tall. Usually fly the flag holidays or when I go out to the big pond thru Port Canaveral. Saturday went into the Port to view the USS COLE that has been put back together in is going thru training excercises. The ship was in Port Canaveral for a few days (sub pen). Alot of guys were flying their flags around her. David |
| OutrageMan |
posted 07-30-2002 02:21 PM ET (US)
An Ensign is typically flown off the stern. Mounts can be had from any marine supply shop. A few rules of thumb... 1) The ensign should be as many inches long as your boat's length in feet. ex. 18' boat has a 18" ensign. 2) The ensign pole should be twice as long as the height if the ensign. ex. the ensign is 18" high, the pole should be 36". 3) You should not use an ensign that has stars in a circular arrangement surrounding an anchor. Although looking very nautical it is reserved for "doccumented vessels." Have fun, |
| RichAA |
posted 07-30-2002 03:18 PM ET (US)
Not surprisingly, they are a lot easier to find these days... I buy the fly-from-the-car-window type and cut the shaft down and then simply wire-tie it on the stern light post. Rich |
| Backlash |
posted 07-30-2002 08:05 PM ET (US)
Both the National Ensign (50 stars)and the Yacht Ensign (13 stars surrounding a fouled ancher) may be flown in U.S. waters on all RECREATIONAL boats. The National Ensign is the only flag considered appropriate for ALL boats of United States registry, without reservation. "The Yacht Ensign was designed by the officers of the New York Yacht Club in 1848. It remains a legal national flag for boats in U.S. waters." |
| scarlson |
posted 07-30-2002 08:28 PM ET (US)
They make clips that fit the perko stern light to let you fly an ensign and easily change it. I personally fly the "Jolly Roger" upside down. Think about it |
| sr |
posted 07-30-2002 08:29 PM ET (US)
I slightly whittled down the staff and insert it in the anchor light mount. Flag comes down light goes up at dusk. I have about a 15" flag ona slightly shorter staff than is recommended above, but it stays out of the motor spray. sr |
| jimh |
posted 07-30-2002 08:39 PM ET (US)
The U.S. Yacht ensign should not be flown in foreign waters. Since we are in Canada as much as in the US with our boat, this rule is significant. |
| ChocLabWhaler |
posted 07-30-2002 09:25 PM ET (US)
Scarlson, Pirates in distress?..... |
| scarlson |
posted 07-30-2002 09:32 PM ET (US)
ChocLabWhaler, Yes. But who would answer the distress request? |
| ChocLabWhaler |
posted 07-30-2002 09:36 PM ET (US)
Deep six, Neptune, Poseidon, the deep, Bermuda Triangle, No One!?! |
| scarlson |
posted 07-30-2002 09:44 PM ET (US)
ChoclabWhaler OK you are close enough I'll give you the cigar. "No one in his right mind". Pirates used flags of deception as a ruse to get close to their prey then struck that flag and raised the flag they fought under at the last minute. |
| ChocLabWhaler |
posted 07-30-2002 09:47 PM ET (US)
and I thought that school was over.... Thanks, CLW |
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