Flag Design Options
The key to a great flag design is KEEP IT SIMPLE!
1. Focus on one primary idea or theme and then personalize it somehow.
A southwestern theme might be a gecko or Kokopelli. Pick up the colors
of
your boat and build an initial--first letter of your last name--into the
outline of
your flag.
2. Some boat names are based on a play on words or the boat owner’s
livelihood, such as Tooth Ferry, which may suggest a design or caricature.
Have fun with this. Try a little sketching yourself. We’ll help you
to flesh it out.
3. Some flag designs simply use a nautical symbol such as an anchor
or two seagulls and incorporate the owner and spouses initials. An anchor
can become a "J" "T" "M" etc. with an "S"
coiled around it as the rope. Possibly add a star for each of your children—or
grandkids--and Bingo! You’re done with your flag design!
4. We don’t usually recommend using the boat’s name
as the primary design on the flag. It’s already on the stern. And
lettering is not usually very interesting to look at. But a dragon with
a fishtail? That’s a different flag design!
5. In a nutshell…simple, personalized design in contrasting
colors.
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