<Paul wrote in part: I've been told (by an international delivery skipper) that it is proper to display the crew's national flag from the port-side mast, opposite to the courtesy flag of the country you're currently visiting (on the starboard side).> Yup you can cover the boat with flags and bunting. That wasn't the gist of Scott's and other post on the subject tho. The State, aka country, of the boats documentation must correspond to the flag being flown in the place of highest pecking order i.e. the stern. There are many flag guidelines few cover 100% of the rules but this one is not bad, IMHO. http://www.cumberlandcrawl.com/flag.html As always YMMV..... Dave & Nancy Swan Song Roughwater 58