What are these

[sailnewbie]

Rope with alot of snaps, for flags ?

 

[Dan_Y]

Scan down this forum to the thread "proper etiquette for flag flying". The thread has a great link to the US Power squadron's flag etiquette page. It explains in detail what flags you would customarily fly from the stb spreader. I learned a lot.

 

[sailnewbie]

There on both sides, are they for flags only!

 

[woodster]

yes or you could hang a lantern from them when anchored out at night

 

[sailnewbie]

So it sounds like I should cut them off, useless!

 

[woodster]

i would hang on to them you may want them later on

 

[Kermit]

I would leave them. And if anyone complains hang the Gonzales flag.

 

[sailnewbie]

Haha, ok , now we're getting somewhere, does it mean something, I need knowledge!

 

[Benny17441]

It is unlikely that your Venture would need to fly a quarantine flag or a visitors flag but it is nice to know that it could.

 

[Kermit]

Haha, ok , now we're getting somewhere, does it mean something, I need knowledge!

I love the in-your-faceness of it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gonzales

 

[AnsleyS]

I suggest that you keep your flag halyards and get one of these. Raise it at about 5 pm with a gun blast or a horn signal of five long toots. You will probably make new friends in each anchorage.

 

[sailnewbie]

Excellent plan, they stay!