Let's have a Burgee to explore

Following Donkey's expedition, I also made a flag on my solo expedition. I couldn't help but have a flag when I was exploring the places depicted by Ransome.
I bought a blue cloth that I liked at Nomura Tailor and put my "person" in it. It seemed difficult to cut out the cloth like Susan did, so I stuck a white cotton cloth on both sides.
This flag was erected by the expedition at the North Pole, and on the bow of the boat on the voyage to Wildcat Island on Lake Coniston. When I landed on the island of my dreams, the native children I met were impressed and asked me, "Did you make that yourself?" I also traveled to the Secret Sea and the River Beur in Norfolk with my solo expedition.
When I was traveling alone, I didn't use the self-timer and had someone take the picture for me.

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Which way are the swallows facing on the triangular flag fluttering on the mast of the Swallow?
While watching the British film "Swallows and Amazons" (1974), I noticed something odd. Unlike the triangular flags I'm familiar with, the swallows were facing the pointed end of the flag (A).
When a yacht is facing a tailwind, the swallows face in the direction the ship is moving when the flag is oriented like this (A). At the time, I thought, "Ah, that's the way it should be."
However, when I looked at Ransom's illustrations, most of the swallows are drawn as triangular flags facing the mast (B). However, the one next to the map on the back cover of "The Secret Sea" is different. The swallows on the Secret Islands Expedition flag, which is combined with the pirate flag here, face the pointed end (A).
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 The swallow on the flag at Abbot Hall Art Gallery (Kendal) was facing the mast. (B)

So, which way was the flag on the Swallow painted by Ransome facing?
The triangular flag on the mast is for the weather vane. You can't sail without knowing the wind direction. If the swallow faces the mast (B), it will always face upwind. This triangular flag is used to know the direction the wind is coming from. For that reason, a small flag is placed on the mast. The yacht can tack and move forward even in a headwind, so the direction the triangular flag is fluttering does not necessarily correspond to the direction the yacht is moving. The direction the swallow is facing is the wind direction.
After all, I think the swallow on the triangular flag should face (B). If the swallows were facing the mast, they would always fly into the wind as a weather vane. Most of Ransome's illustrations are oriented this way.
Why is the swallow on the Secret Islands Expedition's flag reversed in (A) instead of (B)? It's hard to imagine that Ransome, who knows sailing so well, would make a mistake.


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