Hi there, in Europe we learned that the club flag and the country flags of the skipper and crew are all located under the port spreader only. The starboard spreader is only for courtesy flag and Q-flag. Regards from Switzerland, Silvano

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Just remember when you sail over North America (Canada or US) or Caribbean we display the Q flag this way “The yellow flag Pratique is permission to enter a port after quarantine. On arrival at a foreign port the Q flag (plain yellow) should be flown. This requests customs and immigration officials to board, or the skipper goes ashore to register the boat and crew. Once pratique has been granted the Q flag is lowered and the courtesy national flag is hoisted.” This is the way we do it in Canada and in the US. I don’t think they will tell you differently if you come from let’s say Europe and you display both, but that is our proper way.

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Corrections - Remember!!! starboard = very important information! port side= information nice to know Examples: Courtesy flag, Quarantine, diver in water, etc - Starbord spreader Your nationality, language, sailing club - Port spreader Boat Registration - Sternpole (or Backstay if necessary)

i should also note the US/Caribbean Diver Below Flag is different to the International Alpha Signal - it is a Red Flag with a White Diagonal stripe from Top left to Bottom Righ as seen on the shroud.

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It's very informative, there's an incredible amount to learn, I've already subscribed, but how many boaters know all these?

Nice videos. I am about to make the transition from Trainee to Crew with the NSRI at Station 5 Durban and have watched your videos for added learning on my journey to Crew. I noticed that you have the incorrect description for the Charlie flag 😊

Great information to get us new sailors started. Can anyone provide some links to “cheat-sheets” ( for lack of better terminology, I’m learning… ) to the different types of flags ? I’m recently discovering my desire to sail and trying to get my hands on as much information as possible. It’s a long learning curve . Thanks

What 3D software are you using? Can we go somewhere to look a the model? Learning to sail currently and loving your channel.

All of the sailing channels I watch will put up the Q flag by itself,then once properly checked in will then replace it with the courtesy flag.

I am assuming the burgee is flown below the courtesy flag on the Stbd Spreader? as that was not clear from the animation?

Where do you get all the courtesy flags? Do you buy them as you enter the foreign port and put it up after you buy it? Or are you expected to pull into port already flying it?

When should you hauled down courtesy flag?

I am an American citizen. I just bought a sailboat in Panama and it has a Panamanian flag. (Meaning it's registered in Panama) I intend to keep it there and spend the winters living on it. So I would fly the Panamanian flag off the stern, and an American flag off the starboard spreader? Is that right?

Is it ok to mount the country of registration flag on the backstay or stern pulpit upright member?

There is a lot to signalling on boats. Question; If I fly a courtesy flag, and I fly a flag to signal that I, the skipper, am of a different nationality than my boats registration; Where does the Q-Flag go? Under the "VIP Flag"? Or between VIP and Courtesy? And does anyone know why its only starboard and never port?

How come motor sailers never use the cone, at least they don't very often?

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Amazing that international airlines don’t require quarantine. We now suffer from this gross oversight..

At ~ the three minute mark, you got the "X" and "Y" flags mixed up.

No pirate flag ? 🏴‍☠️

There are a handful of flags I won't permit anywhere on my property. Not even on clothing or as a pin. Books and charts are the obvious exception. Etiquette be damned.

This is a chart, not a map, don’t call it a map, ever! I’m 💀. You could have added it identifies as a chart so let it be. 1:03