A visiting vessel customarily flies a “courtesy flag” of the countries that she visits. Since Great American III is visiting only one country during the Vendee Globe, Skipper Rich carries only the French flag aboard for this voyage.
In previous voyages on the trimaran Great American II, Rich also carried the following flags:
 | Australia |
 | Azores |
 | Bermuda |
 | British Ensign |
 | China |
 | Hong Kong |
 | Indonesia |
 | Portugal |