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A Pirate is a type of German sailing dinghy. It was first constructed in 1935, and has no trapeze. The Pirate was designed in 1934 by the German boat builder Carl Martens. The boat was originally manufactured in solid wood, although since the 1960s glass-reinforced plastic, or a sandwich of the two, is also used. According to the regulations for this class of boat, kevlar and carbon fiber are forbidden. The Pirate is a youth dinghy. It was formerly the only class used in German youth sailing championships. At present, the Pirate class is only registered in Germany. With more than 380 participants in the official rank list, it is one of the most active race classes in Germany. The Pirate is sailed by two persons, and measures 5.0 metres long by 1.6m across. The Pirate Class has also been used by the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets as a youth trainer. The maximum sail surface, comprising two sails, amounts to 10 m² according to the class regulations. Since the 1960s, spinnakers up to 10 m² are also permitted. The use of a Genoa or Gennaker is not permitted. The sails can be manufactured from cotton, linen or synthetic fabrics. Carbon fiber in the sails is forbidden, and may be used only as reinforcement in the windows of the sail.

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“P IRACY , n. Commerce without its folly-swaddles, just as God made it.”
— Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary (1911).
“It's more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy.”
— Steve Jobs, at a retreat in September 1982, as quoted in John Sculley and John A. Byrne, Odyssey: Pepsi to Apple – A Journey of Adventure, Ideas, and the Future (1987), p. 157
“When a pirate grows rich enough, they make him a prince.”
— George R. R. Martin, A Clash of Kings (1999), Davos (I)
“Merchant and pirate were for a long period one and the same person. Even today mercantile morality is really nothing but a refinement of piratical morality.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche, as quoted in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1919), p. 997
“[The United States] has gone to the extent of carrying out modern acts of piracy, stopping ships in the middle of the ocean and stealing cargo that was paid for by the Venezuelan people.”
— Arreaza, quoted by Vijay Prashad in Why Imperialism is Obsolete in Latin America, An interview with Jorge Arreaza, foreign minister of Venezuela, CounterPunch, Nov 27, 2020
“Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates.”
— Mark Twain, "Old Times on the Mississippi" in The Atlantic Monthly (January 1875)

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Notable quotes

“P IRACY , n. Commerce without its folly-swaddles, just as God made it.”
— Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary (1911).
“It's more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy.”
— Steve Jobs, at a retreat in September 1982, as quoted in John Sculley and John A. Byrne, Odyssey: Pepsi to Apple – A Journey of Adventure, Ideas, and the Future (1987), p. 157
“When a pirate grows rich enough, they make him a prince.”
— George R. R. Martin, A Clash of Kings (1999), Davos (I)
“Merchant and pirate were for a long period one and the same person. Even today mercantile morality is really nothing but a refinement of piratical morality.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche, as quoted in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1919), p. 997
“[The United States] has gone to the extent of carrying out modern acts of piracy, stopping ships in the middle of the ocean and stealing cargo that was paid for by the Venezuelan people.”
— Arreaza, quoted by Vijay Prashad in Why Imperialism is Obsolete in Latin America, An interview with Jorge Arreaza, foreign minister of Venezuela, CounterPunch, Nov 27, 2020
“Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates.”
— Mark Twain, "Old Times on the Mississippi" in The Atlantic Monthly (January 1875)

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