Ok all you flag etiquette experts....
I'm not sure about this one.
If you have a boat with more than one mast, is it "proper" to fly a your burgee from the top of each mast?
I really don't know, but it doesn't seem right to me.
Please let me know.
Jim Gregory
Generally triangular in shape, although sometimes swallow-tailed, the yacht club burgee contains a unique design symbolic of the organization represented. If you boat is a mastless or single-masted yacht, fly your burgee from the bow staff. Boats without a bow staff should wear a burgee at the truck of a single-master yacht. On the other hand, if the truck is occupied with instruments or other conflicting gear, a pigstick can be affixed to a halyard so as to carry a flag above the truck. Alternatively, the burgee may be worn at a spreader halyard. If your boat has two or more masts, fly your burgee at the truck of the forward mast. Do not display more than one burgee at a time.
ReplyDeleteI should have added, this is a somewhat rigid intepretation..there is a 'billionaire exception' that reads "if your boat is so big as to induce nausea among the general population, you can fly as many dam burgee's as you want! (from wherever you want)". Given your location, I suspect this exception applies.
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