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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.

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Also, this is the third time he’s tried.

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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.

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This guy has a long history of doing things to completion. Ran the perimeter of USA, ran from LA to NYC after 9/11. Big cycling stuff. He is an actual world class athlete. I think he really wants to do this but lacks the finances and connections to have the support needed for such an expedition.

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I’m fairly certain there is a documentary or at least a youtube video about this guy because he’s not really what you think. Still nuts.

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Found it, it’s this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da6_LjiIzXk

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I think you’re in luck, the article says he’s tried 3 similar voyages before, so if it’s his fourth your nickel fortune is going to double!

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23 points

Why was he arreated? is it agains the law to walk over water in florida?

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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.

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9 points

It does male sense! I’m not very familiar with maritime laws but it seems fair. thanks!! :)

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3 points

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.

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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.

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Have you kept up on Florida lately? Doesn’t sound too insane to me.

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I mean, that sounds kinda like a desperate persons attempts to keep other people off his “boat”.

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Damn, people really are desperate to get away from DeSantis.

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I don’t even live in Florida and I’m desperate to get away from DeSantis.

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Just be an immigrant and Desantis will use taxpayer money to illegally traffic you over state lines!

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Public transport is socialism tho. Can’t have that in Florida.

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Sounds like socialism on wheels, no thanks.

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U would think, but if you look at how many people left New York to come to florida :)

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Yeah and people move from California to Texas while I would do anything to get away from Abbott. It’s not a mentality I understand but such is life.

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Telling you… People talk but actions say otherwise :)

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78 points

I’m sorry! I thought this was AMERICA!?

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Stop arresting him and he becomes Europes problem.

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10 points

They think they’re all coming in boats? WRONG! Hamster wheels, son!

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I’m sure some are fine people too

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6 points

He’s never making it to Europe in that.

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He should come to the UK and then cross from England to France. That would actually be a reasonable crossing and he’d probably be allowed to do it provided he got prior permission, but the Atlantic, nah.

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I think he would make it to Europe. It looks sturdy

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52 points

What is the legal justification for this?

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I don’t understand it either… He’s obviously nuts, but that’s his life and he should be able to choose to do what he wishes to. Doesn’t matter on law. Most of the laws is just jurisdictional bullshit anyway. You don’t need to have laws to know what’s good or bad. Every decent moral ethic human being knows what’s good or bad.

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This is like the third time they have had to rescue him, it’s a waste of tax payer money.

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So don’t rescue him then? He knows it’s a stupid idea, let him take his own risk.

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Except for humans who are mentally unwell and might cause damage to others or their property which is why detaining mentally unwell people and getting them help before they can hurt themselves is important.

Would you let a child crawl into a washing machine?

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I don’t want to be cruel but natural selection has its meaning. We as a society are exaggerating helping and healing some individuals who should rather be alone somewhere where they can live peacefuly or weirdly without depleting our resources. It is already out-of control and will end by the end of our civilization. It’s inevitable.

Child is a child and should be watched and teached but severely mentally ill individual cannot be integrated. And if someone wants to die on the see, just fucking let him.

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The part where upon being stopped by the Coast Guard - he threatened to kill himself and that he had a bomb. Also his device is not seaworthy and they would be dispatched to find him anyway when he dissapears because that’s what they have to do.

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I didn’t know you needed to have a seaworthy device to sail on open waters.

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Hazard to other traffic. If you cant steer, dont have lights, dont have a radio, and dont have a beacon or radar reflector, you’re being a pain in the ass for everyone else on the high seas.

Just like how a car needs to have a minimum standard of roadworthiness to drive on public roads

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“He is now facing federal charges of obstruction of a boarding, and violation of a Captain of the Port order.”

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If you asked me to make up naval-related criminal charges while I was drunk, this is the sort of shit I would come up with.

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