I missed my chance!

In 1990, my wife and I were on a five year sail of various places in the world aboard our sailboat. In the wonderful port of Reykjavik, I walked over to a small British sailboat to ask what kind of ‘courtesy flag’ we should fly when in the British Isles. As I approached the sailboat a bearded fellow got off it and as we walked past we said ‘hello’ to each other. I walked up to the small sailboat and asked about the correct courtesy flag, The two fellows on deck answered “Don’t know what...

I missed my chance!