Cross-posting to the current liveaboard list. On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Ed Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all, > > We read the Island Packet List and saw an interesting story of how > the City of Annapolis tries to control its anchor field, by > forbidding anyone from flying the Island Packet Flag. > Last year during the boat show the harbormaster threatened to kick > anyone flying an IP flag out and boarded many boats and demanded > flags be dropped. He claimed the City prohibited 'advertising' and > this was advertising. It is an interesting issue. Could a city > impose other restrictions as well. I hope not. Thought it would be > interesting to those still reading this site. I will file it with the > new live aboard list as it is interesting: > > --ooOOOoo-- > > Have you seen the IPY store is now featuring the IP Battle Flags? I > also have noticed that these flags are on sale now at a new price of…. > $95….that is a deal. > > Why a Deal? > Back when this entire "flag thing" started and IP first displayed > them at the Annapolis boat show many years ago, I tried to get one. > Back then, they did not sell the flag, so I hired the FLAG LADY to > come over to the booth and look up at the flags, sketch it and make > me one. She did, it costs me $150.00 and it turned out ½ the size of > these. > > Then came the infamous "BATTLE of ANNAPOLIS 2007" which even included > one international member from Canada risking his yacht as he "took > one for the IP team" and boldly flew the IP flag during the 2007 boat > show. This famous IP battle raged on for 3 days as the harbormaster > pressed warnings and boarded IPs to take down these powerful IP > flags. In the end, conceding victory to the town under pressures of > eviction and being banned from using the Annapolis waters in the > future, the battle flags were lowered and not displayed again from > the mooring fields. (city rule, no advertising from boats on city > moorings) > > If was after this infamous battle of napplis, that the IP Flags were > made available to all via the factory. These flags are JUMBO in size > and can be seen from the space shuttle! They are 5 feet wide and 9 > feet long and when you host one, everyone comes over to see the > packet. They know you are there. I have been flying ours in the South > Complex of the Vero Beach City Marina and many people stop over to > visit because they noticed the flag. Also, when someone asks me where > we are, I simply point to the large gold flag. I fly this via a spare > halyard and I can place it about 2-3 feet from the top of the mast > depending on the wind direction. At anchor, it really works best as > it streams back from the mast. IAs you can tell, really enjoy flying > ours. > > So, now you have the full story, and I wanted to "PUSH" the flags, > because I think I had a little bit to do with these being offered to > the fleet. I also want to see the entire Annapolis Harbor filled up > with IP flags someday, now that would be FUN! > > So…Take a look at the ships store, and you will find these on sale > now for $95, not a bad deal for all the fun they provide. > http://ipy.com/ShipsStore/ > > > Hayden Cochran, Island Spirit IP35 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://islandspirit35.blogspot.com > > > --ooOOOoo-- > > Ed Kelly (& Sue Kelly) > USSV Angel Louise - lying Brunswick, GA making final upgrades to head > to So Caribe > Our Skype Phone (202) 657-6357 > Email: EdKelly ("at" symbol) netins.net
Really? I have a battle flag for my boat (not an IP) and have never had a problem flying it in anchorages or mooring fields. I'll be back in Annapolis in a couple of weeks and will give it a go in the main Spa Creek field. sail fast, dave S/V Auspicious _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
