"NOW AND THEN WE HAD A HOPE THAT IF WE LIVED AND WERE GOOD, GOD WOULD PERMIT US TO BE PIRATES" - Mark Twain - ' Life On The Mississippi'

My yacht "Mariner" in pirate mode in about 25 knots of wind - full main and working jib.

If I became a pirate it would only be so I could "Borrow" other peoples yachts to take for a day sail -  (So many beautiful yachts, so little time) - Who would argue with that sort of piratical calling? (I would of course be a good pirate and always return the boat).