Jolly Roger Legal?

CrabcakesAndFootball · Dec 27, 2018

My friends and I did a white elephant gift exchange over the weekend. It was not my idea, but it was more humorous than I anticipated. One of the gifts was a flag for my buddy to fly on his boat.

The flag got us talking, and one of my friends claimed that it is illegal to fly the Jolly Roger. Seems unlikely to me, but I figured I'd put it to our boaters on here.

So, is it legal to fly the Jolly Roger? If jurisdiction matters, my friend made this claim specific to the Magothy River.

PJDiesel · Dec 27, 2018

I've seen it on boats out on the Flats.

One boat we lovingly referred to as "Pirate Booty", suffice to say Mom was fitting in the bikini just right that summer. :innocent0

Huckleberry · Dec 27, 2018

Oh No! Another case of Battered Pirate Syndrome

BPS is almost has bad as BGOS

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

H L Mencken

CrabcakesAndFootball · Dec 27, 2018

Huckleberry said:
Oh No! Another case of Battered Pirate Syndrome

BPS is almost has bad as BGOS

H L Mencken

That's a bad*** quote :party29:

rseymorejr · Dec 27, 2018

Isn't it sad that some people always scream "illegal" about so many harmless things. They must have wet dreams nightly about government controlling their lives.

protegeV · Dec 27, 2018

Bertfish · Dec 27, 2018

PJDiesel said:
I've seen it on boats out on the Flats.

One boat we lovingly referred to as "Pirate Booty", suffice to say Mom was fitting in the bikini just right that summer.

If you're referring to your own mother than that is really something to put in writing...

PJDiesel · Dec 27, 2018

Bertfish said:
If you're referring to your own mother than that is really something to put in writing...

Nah, someone else's Mom.

eruby · Dec 27, 2018

Yarrrrrr

Weeping

CrazySanMan · Dec 27, 2018

PJDiesel said:
Nah, someone else's Mom.

SummitCnty · Dec 27, 2018

My buddy flies one on his boat. Not sure if it’s legit or not.

He wouldn’t care either way. He’d still fly it.

CrabcakesAndFootball · Dec 27, 2018

SummitCnty said:
My buddy flies one on his boat. Not sure if it’s legit or not.

He wouldn’t care either way. He’d still fly it.

This seems like the correct answer.

Fishguy · Dec 27, 2018

If ye needs to ask if it is legal, yer not a true pirate.

2ndCharter · Dec 27, 2018

AFAIK, it is not illegal to fly it per se, yet you might take one across the bow from a coastie because of it... you know they roll that way.

PapiBarcelona · Dec 27, 2018

rseymorejr said:
Isn't it sad that some people always scream "illegal" about so many harmless things. They must have wet dreams nightly about government controlling their lives.

LOL

I dont know how anyone has the time to be consumed with such deep paranoia I sometimes read here.

ChrisD · Dec 27, 2018

I don’t think the DNR police nor the coast guard are too worried about pillaging and plundering on the bay.

DarrellA · Dec 27, 2018

Not illegal as far as I know. However, on some of the boating forums I frequent there is the occasional snowflake that finds it offensive. All the more reason to fly one.

Blacksmith101 · Dec 27, 2018

The jolly roger used to cast fear into the hearts of all who saw it! But after The Pirates of Penzance and the Pirates of the Caribbean now not so much. :sad20:

rbird7282 · Dec 27, 2018

DarrellA said:
Not illegal as far as I know. However, on some of the boating forums I frequent there is the occasional snowflake that finds it offensive. All the more reason to fly one.

Or two or three.

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Bigsawer · Dec 27, 2018

PJDiesel said:
I've seen it on boats out on the Flats.

One boat we lovingly referred to as "Pirate Booty", suffice to say Mom was fitting in the bikini just right that summer.

This one?

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