nameless , im guessing all them are rips, well i know one is http://www.yachtworld.com/rivercitysailing/images/L75484.jpg
Name_less as it is a commercial project, you can assume uniqueness is a requirement. This goes for most contests on DP. No one ever wants a new logo that is a blatant rip of another. I would have lawyers on my ass, faster than you can say copyright.
Phacker - You must have been on one of the previous regatta's. This is part of their current advertising. Now what would be interesting would be to make these flags look alive, a trick I have never mastered in photoshop
Could be done using Flash, and outputted in gif format but would increase the size of the file considerably to make it realistic.
Update: Guys - still awaiting feedback from client (its a holiday weekend). Will update again as soon as I know more. raghav & jamess - Like the minimalistic approach.
Another Update: Hi All, I have been sick the last few days, jeez when you have kids, they get a thing, Mom gets a thing, eventually whole house is sick..... Enough of my woes. I have still not had a definitive winner from the client, as we never got to meet. So here is what I am going to do. I am going to choose 3 finalists, but still keep everything public so everyone can see how this contest is progressing. And if the 3 finalists agree mods will be posted here rather than by PM. If anybody that has placed an entry and not received feedback or is annoyed at the timings, I apologise but sometimes other things that are bigger come up in life. 2xs
3 Finalists: In no specific order. Raghav Watari IM3D Apologies for the delay on this, there was unfortunate delays at my end. Well done guys, slight mod requests to follow.