Wow, I've lived here over twenty years and never knew that about JKWS. I thought someone had just put out a random collection of flags with the meanings that Mike listed.
And landlubber Larry's done the tug joke, dammee! You get the three hip-hip-Horatios and a bonus from the bosun. Splice the mainbrace, me hearties! > On 21 Oct 2017, at 18:59, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > > Quite simple actually. Below the Red Ensign: > > Cutty Sark herself is identified by four signal flags from the International > Code of Signals. The code is a series of flags, each one representing a > letter of the alphabet, which is used by ships for communication between > ships and from ship to shore. Signal letters are the four letters assigned to > every ship as a means of identification and are known as the ship’s “number”. > For Cutty Sark these flags represent the letters JKWS, referencing the > owner’s name JocK WilliS. > > Alan C > > -----Original Message----- From: Bob W-PDML > Sent: 21 October, 2017 7:28 PM > To: Mail List Pentax-Discuss > Subject: Kiss me, Hardy > > A vexillological quiz for naval gazers: > https://web-options.com/2017/10/21/put-out-fewer-flags/ > > B > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
