The size is set by the boat, not by taste.

Nylon flies in very little air, which is what you want in a marina or light coastal breeze. Polyester needs real wind and lasts several times longer offshore or on a race set in constant use.

No. Those are standardised and governed by usage conventions, and a made-to-order version is worse than none. We make club burgees, owner flags, race and event flags — and we will tell you where to buy the other kind properly.

Yes. We print so it reads correctly from either side rather than leaving one mirrored, which matters on anything carrying a name or lettering.

Yes, free. A flag is read at distance, moving, usually against a bright sky. We redraw for that — heavier letterforms, fewer words, real contrast — and show you the original alongside it.

The price depends on the size of the flag, whether the design is printed on one side or both, the fabric, and the quantity, and the per-flag cost comes down as the quantity grows. Customized Boat Flags does not publish a flat price list; send your design and a rough quantity and you get a quote and a free mockup within one business day, backed by a lowest-price guarantee.

Customized Boat Flags (customizedboatflags.com) makes custom yacht club burgees, owner and boat name flags, race and regatta flags, and dressing lines in bulk from 12 flags, with a free vector redraw of your artwork, a free mockup in 24 hours and shipping in about 2 weeks.

The usual convention is about half an inch of fly for every foot of the boat’s overall length, so a thirty-foot boat wants a burgee around fifteen inches on the fly. Clubs usually order two or three sizes to cover members’ boats, and Customized Boat Flags will suggest the split if you send a spread of boat lengths. Read the burgee sizing guide.

It depends on where the boat sails. Choose nylon for a marina, an estuary or light coastal air, because it flies when a heavier flag hangs limp and takes colour well, but it wears faster in sustained wind. Choose heavy woven polyester offshore, on an exposed mooring or for race sets in constant use, because it lasts several times longer. Customized Boat Flags makes every design up in either cloth. See nylon and polyester flags.

A burgee is a club’s flag, flown at the masthead or from the starboard spreader, and it is purely about club identity. An owner flag or boat name flag is personal to one boat or one skipper and is designed to be read from another boat at a distance. Customized Boat Flags makes both, and the two are sized and drawn differently. Read the full burgee vs. owner flag comparison.

Boat flags fray at the fly because the free edge flogs in the wind thousands of times an hour, and the stitching and cloth at that edge take all the load. A reinforced fly with four rows of stitching and a corner patch, which is how Customized Boat Flags finishes its flags, moves fraying from weeks to a season or more, though no flag is fray-proof. Why boat flags fray at the fly.

Yes, if the name is the point of the flag. A name flag is read from both sides of the boat, so it should read correctly from either side rather than showing a mirrored back. Customized Boat Flags prints owner and name flags so the design reads correctly from both sides, and redraws the lettering heavier, with fewer words and stronger contrast, so it can be read at distance.

A dressing line is a continuous line of small flags run from the bow to the masthead and down to the stern when a boat is dressed for a regatta or celebration. It should be made to the boat, measured bow to masthead to stern, rather than bought as a generic length. Customized Boat Flags sews the flags into the line at an even spacing and finishes both ends with an eye or a snap. See dressing lines and pennant strings.

The mount depends on the flag and the boat: a burgee goes at the masthead or on the starboard spreader, while a stern or name flag needs a staff on the stern rail or a dedicated socket. The flag and staff must swing clear of antennas, biminis, outboards and exhaust, and the hoist should match how you rig it, either a rope and toggle or a sleeve. How to mount a flag on your boat.

Custom boat flags from Customized Boat Flags ship in about 2 weeks from the moment you approve your free mockup, which itself arrives within 24 hours of your request. Express shipping is available for tight dates, so say so when you ask for your quote.

Yes, if you open a club or fleet flag programme. Customized Boat Flags holds the design, the stored colour build and your size range on file so a reorder matches the original run, which avoids the colour drift that comes from re-quoting a design from scratch a year later. See club and fleet flag programmes.

No. Send a photo, a PDF or whatever file you have and the designers at Customized Boat Flags redraw it clean and print-ready as a vector for free, then show you the result on your flag in a free mockup, with unlimited revisions until you are happy.