SLOVAKIA HAS A NEW OFFSHORE YACHTING FLAG. THIS FLAG HAS BEEN APPROVED AND REGISTERED BY THE HERALDIC REGISTRY OF SLOVAK REPUBLIC . BY APPROVING A FLAG WITH A SLOVAK REPUBLIC STATE SIGN ON IT THIS FLAG HAS BECOME AN OFFICIAL FLAG OF ALL SLOVAK YACHTSMEN. THE FLAG WAS DESIGNED AS A CLUB FLAG - BUT WITH A BROADER SPECTRUM - A FLAG FOR ALL SLOVAKS. THIS FLAG REPRESENTS A SLOVAK NATIONAL MAINLY ON CHARTERED VESSELS REGISTERED IN OTHER STATES. STATE REGISTRATION OF THE FLAG: W-94/2006 AT THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR OF SLOVAK REPUBLIC –DEPARTMENT OF HERALDIC REGISTRY.

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THE FLAG IS A LYING TRIANGLE. THE WIDTH RATIO TO THE LENGTH IS 2:3 . THE HIGHT OF THE STATE SIGN IS ½ OF THE HEIGHT OF THE FLAG. THE SELVAGE OF THE FLAG IS 1/100 OF THE LENGTH OF THE FLAG. THE BLUE COLOR OF THE FLAG IS THE SAME BLUE TONE AS THE BLUE COLOR ON THE STATE FLAG. THE FLAG CAN BE USED IN UPRIGHT POSITION WHEREAS THE STATE SIGN WILL BE ALSO UPRIGHT. ON THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE THE STATE FLAG. MEMBERS OF THE HERALDIC COMISSION DECIDED THAT A NUMBER OF STATES HAVE TRI-COLOR FLAGS – RED-BLUE-WHITE. SLOVAKIA DIFFERS FROM THEM BY ITS STATE SIGN. THAT´S WHY SLOVAKS SHOULD BE RECOGNISED BY THEIR STATE SIGN ON THE NEW OFFSHORE YACHTING FLAG. Pictures of the flag for printing: www.slovakyachting.sk/vlajka02.jpg     1074 kB www.slovakyachting.sk/vlajka02a.jpg   461 kB