| Krupp | 80M | "Talitha" ex. "Talitha G" | 1930/08 |

Hi,

Is this it Ron?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom

Also found this snippet.

Interestingly, use of the Union Flag as an ensign on a civilian craft remains illegal to this day ever since Charles I ordered it be restricted to His Majesty's ships "upon pain of Our high displeasure" in the 17th century, mainly due to its unauthorised use by merchant mariners to avoid paying harbour duties by passing themselves off as Royal vessels.

It is probably a Royal Yacht Squadron ensign as that is the same flag and carries a lot of weight with harbour masters when trying to get a mooring in a busy harbour in the dead of night.

Not that i'm bitter or anything but losing the last berth in St Peter Port at 0400hrs many years ago to a yacht that arrived well after me seems to have stuck somewhere in my head! Who was to know that my Royal Cornwall Yacht Club ensign could be trumped so easily.

Having served on a few RYS yachts, I have a suspicion that it has more to do with who was on board, rather than which flag she was flying.

There used to be a downside to flying the White Ensign, iin that the Queen had the right to use the vessel at any time and all RYS yachts would be the first to be commandeered in the event of a war/national emergency. I’m not sure if that is still the case.

Any vessel, civilian or military, flying the White Ensign (in fact any form of British Ensign) AT NIGHT is in breach of protocol and flag ettiquette. In the case of a Royal Yacht Squadron member being a transgressor, then there is every likelihood of being shot at dawn on the clubhouse lawn. I got the roasting of my life from the owner of a yacht when I failed to strike the White Ensign at sunset.

I'm thinking Falmouth Harbor, Antigua but it's been a long time since I was there.

Edit:

Wherever it is she appears to be anchored now.

According to AIS, she is in English Harbour, Antigua.

I spent two weeks anchored in English Harbor waiting on parts in 1988. Not having much to do we poked around the island in a rental car and wandered around the harbor in our 11' Boston Whaler dingy.

Talitha is in Falmouth Harbor.

The crew are raising money for Haiti by rowing Talitha across the Atlantic! [well, sort of!]

Go here http://www.mytalitha.com/webcam.php and click on 'Ships Blog' for details.

Good for them! I guess I'll have to give them a few bucks. That webcam pic is several days old. I wonder what they don't want the whole world to see? Nude stews sunbathing on the bow?

Well, everyone needs a bit of privacy now and then. When you have eighteen people living in the confined areas of a boat 24-7, and require them to be sparkly and gay (original meaning) for guests – it’s only fair to give them some space during their down time.