THE ANSWER IS . . .
We received lots of partial answers and one or two funny ones:
- One respondent sent a picture of herself on the same boat and said the problem was her absence - there were no general recalls when she was the course representative on the boat.
- One respondent said the race committee was practicing with all of the flags.
- One respondent observed that the PRO was looking in the wrong direction.
The correct answer is: The 470 flag and the blue fleet flag displayed on the same hoist were the Warning Signal. They must be removed before the Start. So, either the race committee signaled a General Recall before the start, or the race committee failed to take down the Warning Signal at the Start.
Congratulations to PO Ekstrand (SWE) who was the first to send in the correct answer.

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