Which flag staff to purchase?

[amy and karl]

Taylor Made has a great rail mount flagpole and socket that fits the factory radar arch nicely. We have a couple on c-daisy that have held up well for a few years now. I don't think you would have to ever replace it.

Karl

 

[Sunbeam]

Thanks, Karl,

I don't have a radar arch, but perhaps I could mount the same type of flag holder from the starboard/forward handrail - although that might not work with certain dinghy types... not sure on that yet.

 

[ssobol]

The proper place to fly an American Flag is from a stern staff of a boat under power. It is fairly easy to fit a proper stern staff to any of the C Dories. An American flag should have an inch on the fly for each foot of the over all length of the vessel--thus a 22 foot C Dory would fly a 24" long flag.

I am all for flags, but a 24 inch flag on a C-Dory seems kinda big to me.

 

[Bill K]

This is what I use on my radio antenna, it works very well.

Watch the video.

http://www.flag-flyer.com/products.html

Bill Kelleher

 

[Sunbeam]

An American flag should have an inch on the fly for each foot of the over all length of the vessel--thus a 22 foot C Dory would fly a 24" long flag.

I am all for flags, but a 24 inch flag on a C-Dory seems kinda big to me.

I've used this guideline (1" on fly for each foot of boat length) and found it to work well. Granted, it was on a larger boat, so maybe something is lost in translation/proportion on a smaller one? That said, I find a generously sized flag to look nice, whereas a "smallish" flag sort of looks meager to me. I guess I figure if I'm going to fly my country's flag, lean to the generous side.

Too, it needs to be larger than the courtesy flag, and I don't want that flag to seem "minature," so there's that.I guess I'll start with a 24"-on-the-fly U.S. flag and see how it looks.

Sunbeam

 

[thataway]

The proper place to fly an American Flag is from a stern staff of a boat under power. It is fairly easy to fit a proper stern staff to any of the C Dories. An American flag should have an inch on the fly for each foot of the over all length of the vessel--thus a 22 foot C Dory would fly a 24" long flag.

I am all for flags, but a 24 inch flag on a C-Dory seems kinda big to me.

I am proud of my country. Chapman's page 855, 66 edition--the most recent I have of 3--states: Size of Flags....."US Ensign (the 50 Star Flag with stripes), should be one inch on the fly for each foot of boat length."

On a power boat the proper place to fly a courtesy flag (Flag of the country visited) is the bow staff. Some power boats have a flag mast--and fly the courtesy flag from a Stb Spreader. Some have flown it from the Stb antenna, if strong enough. I have done this lacking a bow staff. Don't forget the quarantine flag--I use the Stb VHF antenna, about 2 feet off the cabin top. The courtesy flag should not be set until the vessel has cleared into the country --Chapman--(but some countries require that the flag be hoisted on crossing their border).

From the US Power Squadron on the Courtesy Flag vs the Burgee:
"If your vessel is mastless, it should wear this "courtesy flag" at the bow, in lieu of a squadron or club burgee, or on a starboard antenna strong enough to support it. It your vessel has one or more masts, display it single-hoisted at the outboard signal halyard of the main starboard spreader. Move any flag normally flown there to the inboard starboard halyard or, if your boat has only one halyard per side, to the port spreader halyard.

The customs observed in various foreign waters differ from one another. Try to learn the correct procedure for the country you are entering. For example, is some countries it is customary to fly the courtesy flag only after the quarantine flag (the yellow 'Q' flag) and the vessel has been granted pratique by the appropriate authorities.

Do not fly a foreign courtesy flag after you have returned to U.S. waters. It is not to be used as a badge of accomplishment for having cruised to another country."

 

[Rob & Karen]

Here are a few pics of our 24 inch flag. I think the size is just right.

 

[starcrafttom]

sport fishers--where the flag is flown aft the tuna tower, to keep the cockpit coaming clear for fishing lines.

this is why I like to fly my flag from the radar arch.

i just watched the video of the flag holder that goes over the vhf antenna. That is slick and just what i was looking for. I'm going to make a couple of those and see how I like them.

I had flown a old cbrat bungee from the anchor light but it wore it out and broke it.

 

[Sunbeam]

"If your vessel is mastless, it should wear this "courtesy flag" at the bow, in lieu of a squadron or club burgee, or on a starboard antenna strong enough to support it."

Thanks for that. So it looks like either a bow staff or a staff mounted on the starboard/fwd. handrail would work (I don't think my VHF antenna would support a flag, although it is to starboard).

 

[ShellBack]

KO. I do have scotty down riggers but have no separate rod holders as they are mounted on the the riggers. I do not need any more rod holders in the boat. I want to fly our flag correctly at the stern but no mounts without putting holes in Thalassa for mounts. Not going to happen. I have thought of maybe mounting on the swim grid rail and just have to find a angled bracket that opens and clamps so that I do not have to undo any mounting. Suggestions ??? :? :?

 

[thataway]

I have seen flag poles inserted into the rod holder on a down rigger using a piece of PVC pipe as a "spacer or holder".

Although what I picture on the Tom Cat, is a bit different than the 22, perhaps a fitting similar can be fitted by bolting to the transom, rather than deck aft of the lazarette hatch as many have done on the 22



This is a 39 degree 3/4" rail holder, if you put a 15 degree wedge under it, it would give a good angle for a flag pole of 3/4" SS.

 

[Sunbeam]

As an aside on your photo: I've seen that type of rigging tubing/fittings only in photos, but it sure looks slick compared to the mesh "tube" and easily-torn rubber boot, or the just-wire-tied hoses. I wonder why it isn't used more on C-Dorys? (At least I have not seen it on them very often in photos.)