I saw the headline and wondered if this was a repost. Nope. If I had a nickel for every time this guy has been arrested for ocean hamster wheel shenanigans, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t much, but it’s weird that it happened twice.
Also, this is the third time he’s tried.
I don’t think he actually expects to get very far in any of his tries. The attention from his eventual arrest and following news articles are his actual goals. Kinda like that flat earth rocket guy. And they’ll both probably end the same way, dead by hubris.
Why was he arreated? is it agains the law to walk over water in florida?
Probably for operating an unregistered watercraft or not having a transponder. The kind of things maritime law requires for stuff like not getting shot be some idiot, not being IDed as a naval mine by the Navy, search & rescue, not hitting other ships, customs and border enforcement, etc, compelling border compliance, etc. There’s a surprising amount of rules for doing stuff in the ocean.
Edit: apparently the vessel isn’t technically seaworthy, there was a hurricane evacuation notice in the area, and he also threatened to kill himself and claimed to have a bomb. All of these things are usually guaranteed to piss off the government to varying degrees.
It does male sense! I’m not very familiar with maritime laws but it seems fair. thanks!! :)
I recommend maritime lawyer Chareth Cutestory. He’s well versed in maritime law
Sounds like he was evacuating…
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Biden has truly turned this country into a communist dictatorship, even people trying to escape by homemade boats get scooped up by the coast guard and brought back. We’re living in 1984 and animal farm put together.
Damn, people really are desperate to get away from DeSantis.
I don’t even live in Florida and I’m desperate to get away from DeSantis.
Officials said he refused to step off the vessel and threatened to kill himself. He also claimed that he had a bomb on board, according to court papers.
Oh so he’s not a cool weirdo, he’s a terrible weirdo. Damn.
Have you kept up on Florida lately? Doesn’t sound too insane to me.
How dumb, if the dude wants to use a poorly made vessel to try to cross the atlantic, let him.
Only if he signs a waiver so that the Coasties don’t have to intervene.
Kill yourself however you want, just don’t waste our money and time.
I would agree…except look at all the resources that were wasted trying to recover survivors from the Oceangate implosion.
The world acted like those rich fucks brought their treasure down with them.
Imagine being so fed up with living in Florida that the only way you can think to leave is by a giant hamster wheel
He’s trying to “raise money for the Coast Guard.”
So does he just hand the check directly to the Guardsman in the Coast Guard vessel when they’re forced to drag his yoga ball wheel out of the ocean for a 4th time?
Yeah, do they even take donations?
Like with other branches of the armed services, there are charities for vets and their families.
But if you want to give to the guard more directly, the US government has a program that collects once a year before April 15th. HR Block will happily help you give.
Florida man attempting to upgrade to Englishman
Anything to get out of Florida
It is a really cool idea though
They are going about this all wrong. They need to HIRE this guy.
He won’t need to flee the continent if he’s gainfully employed.
Instead of raising money for the coast guard he could just… not waste their time needing rescued.
What would florida man’s super power be?
Tenacity
Lets him do what he wants with his life, stop being Nazis just arresting people for no reason
Yeah, cuz this is genocide!
This is what this country has come to under Biden. People are reduced to using crazy contraptions to try to escape to Cuba because inflation is so out of control here, they would rather roll the dice. It’s a sad reality we’re living through.
Def a joke (I hope)
What’s funny about it? This is just the beginning, soon many more people will be attempting such desperate crossings as the situation continues to deteriorate (UNLESS we can take our country back this November). God have mercy on their souls and hopefully they can escape to freedom.
Ok lmao
