Do Foreign Boaters Have to Fly a Courtesy Flag?

We are the owners of a U.S.-flagged vessel, sailing around the world. We have always flown a new, correctly sized courtesy flag upon entering the territorial waters of a foreign country. The authorities in some countries demand that a courtesy flag be flown, but others don’t seem to even take...

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