Race Committee Flags

Flag/Shape	Name	Sounds	Meaning
	X	1 when raised	Individual Recall
	First Substitute	2 when raised 1 when lowered	General Recall
	AP	2 when raised 1 when lowered	Postponement
	I	None when raised 1 when lowered	Round the Ends Starting Rule
	C	Repetitive	Change of Course
	L	1 when raised	Come Within Hail or Follow Me
	M	Repetitive	Mark Missing
	N	3 when raised 1 when lowered	Abandonment and Resail
	S	2 when raised	Shorten Course
	Y	1 when raised	Life Jacket
	N over H	3 when raised	Abandonment Return to Shore
	Z	1 when lowered	20% Scoring Penalty
	Black	1 when lowered	Disqualification
	Warning	1	10 minutes to start
	Preparatory	1	5 minutes to start
	Start	1	Start
Racing Rules

Numerical Pennants

0	1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9

International Code Flags

Alpha Diver Down Keep Clear	Bravo Dangerous Cargo	Charlie Yes
Delta Keep Clear	Echo Altering Course to Starboard	Foxtrot Disabled
Golf Want a Pilot	Hotel Pilot on Board	India Altering Course to Port
Juliett On Fire Keep Clear	Kilo Desire to Communicate	Lima Stop Instantly
Mike I Am Stopped	November No	Oscar Man Overboard
Papa About to Sail	Quebec Request Pratique	Romeo
Sierra Engines Going Astern	Tango Keep Clear of Me	Uniform Standing into Danger
Victor Require Assistance	Whiskey Require Medical Assistance	Xray Stop Your Intention
Yankee Am Dragging Anchor	Zulu Require a Tug	CODE Code and Answering Pennant
1st Repeater	2nd Repeater	3rd Repeater

Miscellaneous Flags

Small Craft Warning Up to 38 mph winds	Gale Warning 39-54 mph winds	Storm Warning 55-73 mph winds	Hurricane Warning 74+ mph winds
USCG Auxilary	US Power Squadron	Race Committee
World Flag Database	Flags of the World Website	Semaphore Flag Signaling System	Flags of All Countries

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