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confusion on flag etiquette...

I just got a burgee for the Orion... and would like to fly it... according to what I have read online, it should fly from the port spreader. The American flag should fly from the starboard stern or better yet, from the leach of the main, 2/3rds of the way up.

Is it OK to fly the burgee and the American flag at the same time... if the burgee is lower than the American flag? I was always taught that the American flag should be no lower than any other flag.

If you have a burgee, when and how do you fly it?

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