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.

　Burgee of swallows fluttering in Swallows would Which direction?

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).

　The swallow on the flag at Abbot Hall Art Gallery (at Kendal) was facing the mast. (B)

So, which direction was the swallow flying in the flag on the Swallow that Ransome drew?
The triangular flag on the mast is for a weather vane. You can't sail without knowing the direction of the wind.
If the swallow faces the mast (B), it will always face upwind. It's a triangular flag to tell you which way the wind is coming from. That's why a small flag is on the mast. The yacht can tack and move forward even in a headwind, so the direction the Burgee is fluttering doesn't necessarily match the direction the yacht is moving. The swallow is facing the direction the wind is coming from.
After all, I think the direction of the swallow on the Burgee is best (B). If the swallow faces the mast, it will always fly into the wind as a weather vane. Most of Ransome's illustrations are in this direction.
Why is the swallow on the Secret Islands Expedition's flag the only one that is reversed, (A) instead of (B)? I find it hard to imagine that Ransome, who knows everything about sailing, would make a mistake.

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