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    Posted: 16 Nov 07 at 10:06am
Originally posted by tmoore

my dad managed to get a piece of wire to replace the metal rod holding the burgee onto the mast. if i ever capsize or bend the burgee (normally whilst trying to get it on to the mast) then i just take it home and pour some boiling water on to the rod and it straightens itself back to the original shape.

not sure where you would get these from as he is a chemical engineer and so has access to this type of thing. surely there would be somewhere on the interent where you can get these. they might be expensive but it theoretically lasts forever.

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Cripes, your Dad is onto something there. Check it out sir, check it out.

 
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Originally posted by tmoore

.... i just take it home and pour some boiling water on to the rod and it straightens itself back to the original shape.

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Sounds like the same metal they make some glasses from these days - 'memory metal'. 

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Originally posted by tmoore

i just take it home and pour some boiling water on to the rod and it straightens itself back to the original shape.

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We buy a "job lot" in Guildford Marine's sale twice a year. 20% off. Sailing on a shallow pond we get through a lot of burgees in a year - of course it would help if we just sailed our boats the right way up!
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Originally posted by laserboy

i like the falker ones with the full wire frame
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Originally posted by alan.fuller

Originally posted by laserboy

i like the falker ones with the full wire frame


 
I like them too.


Edited by Andymac - 17 Jul 11 at 7:37am
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I hate to be a pedant but I am going to be. WinkDont you mean racing flag. I always thought a burgee wasa triangular flag flown at the top of the mast to indicate what club you came from. Whereas a square flag was hoisted instead to indicate to others that you were racing and may be they may give you a wide berth so as not to spoil your chances. They didnt have to of course.

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You're right to a certain extent. A burgee is a 'flag' (of any shape) denoting a recreational boating club, or at least that's what Wikipedia says... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgee
We all cottoned on to what the original post meant by its context. Years ago many clubs (and some possibly some still do) had there own 'burgees' made as masthead wind indicators which is what we are talking about here. They would be triangular shaped for 'cruising' or rectangular to denote that you were participating in 'racing'. It seems that this corrupt use of term 'burgee' has become accepted, not least in that they are marketed as such!
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OMG !!!!
Corruption everywhere it seems
Even in the niche area of masthead flags.
Is nothing sacred?
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OMG!!!!!
Miss use of the word 'flag'
dfn flag =  piece of cloth, usually rectangular, of distinctive color and design, used as a symbol, standard, signal, or emblem.

Better description perhaps masthead wind direction indicator

dfn wind direction indicator = A device to indicate the direction from which the wind blows; an example is a weather vane.

perhaps we should shorten it to MHWDI  , but perhaps I'm going to stick with Burgee Smile


Edited by alan.fuller - 08 Mar 12 at 5:45pm
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