Power Boat Flag Etiquette. When you return to your home country always take down the foreign countrys flag. Other flags such as club burgees officer flags and private signals for use on sailboats should be approximately 12 inch on the fly for each foot of the highest mast above the water.
Flag etiquette is a combination of law what you must do and maritime tradition expectations of behaviour within the sea faring community. With the exception of dressing ship flags should not be used as decorations or as a resume. Your boat should wear it from 0800 until sunset and when you enter or leave port during daylight or at night weather and rig permitting.
The hoist will normally be two-thirds of the fly.
Other flags such as club burgees officer flags and private signals for use on sailboats should be approximately 12 inch on the fly for each foot of the highest mast above the water. Other flags such as club burgees officer flags and private signals for use on sailboats should be approximately 12 inch on the fly for each foot of the highest mast above the water. Although this may show that youve been there it is not proper flag etiquette. Displaying diver down flags when to use the international code of signals and what the storm warning flags.