AY Honors/Nautical Flags/Requirements

Nautical Flags

Skill Level

2

Year

2012

Version

05.11.2024

Approval authority

South American Division

1. Why does the International Code of Signals (ICS) exist, what does it do and where is it used?

2. Know the meaning of a pennon.

3. Through drawings or pictures, make a table displaying nautical flags and their meanings, signs, letters and numbers, as well as the message that flag transmits when displayed by itself.

4. Demonstrate ten examples of combinations of nautical flags.

5. Identify the four substitute cornets and their uses.

6. Maintain a conversation between two groups, using nautical flags, indicating their single and summed meanings with a minimum distance of 300 meters between the two groups.