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Diploma In Yacht Design: Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology, 733 Summer St., Stamford, CT 06904; 203-359-0500; www.westlawn.org. A distance-education school offering a professional diploma in yacht design, plus a lesser course for non-professionals.
YACHT DESIGNSee Also Boat And Yacht Council:American Boat and Yacht Council, Inc., 3069 Solomons Island Road, Edgewater, MD 21037-1416; www.abycinc.org. This nonprofit technical society develops and publishes voluntary safety standards and recommended practices for design, construction, equipment, and maintenance of all types of recreational boats.
Although flags are made in standard sizes, there are guidelines to help you select the proper size for your boat. Keeping in mind that flags are more often too small than too large, follow these rules and round off upward.
The flag at the stern of your boat U.S. ensign, yacht ensign, or USPS ensign should be one foot on the fly (horizontal dimension) for each foot of overall Boat length. The hoist (vertical dimension) is normally two-thirds of the fly, but a few flags have slightly different proportions.
On The Other Hand See Yacht ":The status of the yacht " ensign (13 stars in a circle around an anchor on a blue field) is not spelled out clearly, but since the law specifically covers only the flag of the United States, the assumption has been made that the yacht " ensign may be dipped.
The following regulations are taken from that portion of the New York yacht " Club code entitled yacht " Routine. These deal with salutes, boats (meaning tenders and dinghies), and general courtesies. Other sections of the code, not given here, relate primarily to the display of flags, signaling, and lights.
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