"Dressing
Ship"
Use
all your International Code Signal
Flags, but not the officer's flags, club burgees and national flags.
Raise flags 0800 and lower at sunset. Display at anchor only, except
for a vessels maiden or final voyage.
The
Yacht Ensign (for US Documented or Coast Guard registered vessels )
is hoisted at the stern staff and the Union Jack may be displayed at
the bow staff. A rainbow of International Code flags are then arranged
from the waterline forward to the waterline aft. Alternate flags and
pennants. There are twice as many letter flags as numeral pennants,
try to follow the following esthetic sequence.
Starting
forward: AB2,UJ1, KE3, GH6, IV5, FL4, DM7, PO Third Repeater, RN First
Repeater, ST Zero, CX9, WQ8, ZY Second Repeater
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