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 Post subject: Reading Signal Flags
PostPosted: Sat May 22, 2021 7:49 pm 
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Question, Friends: If there is more than one row of signal flags on a ship, how are they read; Port to Starboard or Starboard to Port?

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 Post subject: Re: Reading Signal Flags
PostPosted: Mon May 24, 2021 12:21 pm 
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Larry,

Hope this answer helps:

From SailorSpeak (edited by Jeff Crowell):

A hoist of flags is always read from the top down; when multiple hoists are displayed, the signal is read top down, outboard to inboard, and from forward to aft. As a rule, a signal too long to be shown completely on three halyards is made into two or more displays.

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