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    Aug 04, 2022 4 minutes

    Here’s just a selection of the latest questions from PBO readers. For more expert advice, visit pbo.co.uk/expert-advice/expert-answers

    SAILING ETIQUETTE

    Flagging it up

    Q I sail a 28ft flatbottomed Vollenhovense Bol, built in steel and a fine ship for the Waddenzee in the Netherlands with a draught of less than 2ft (0.6m).

    While leafing through your magazine I hit upon ‘To wear or not to wear’ (Letters, PBO December 2021) about flag etiquette, a subject I love.

    But I’m afraid I don’t quite understand the meaning of the word undefaced’. My dictionaries and Google have all let me down.

    Can you explain this word?

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