This is the best summary I could come up with:
A Florida man was arrested after trying to “run to London” across the Atlantic Ocean in a homemade vessel resembling a hamster wheel.
The US Coast Guard intercepted Reza Baluchi about 70 miles (110km) off Tybee Island, Georgia on 26 August.
“Based on the condition of the vessel - which was afloat as a result of wiring and buoys - [US Coast Guard] officers determined Baluchi was conducting a manifestly unsafe voyage,” the criminal complaint says.
On 1 September, he eventually surrendered and abandoned his vessel after being brought to a Coast Guard base in Miami.
In 2021, he was arrested after being rescued while trying to ride from Florida to New York after drifting 30 miles south of his departure point.
According to previous interviews, Mr Baluchi said he was attempting the voyages to raise money for a variety of causes, including for the homeless and the Coast Guard.
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he was arrested after being rescued while trying to ride from Florida to New York after drifting 30 miles south of his departure point
How do we know education is failing in Florida?
New York is north of Florida, not south.
Right. And since he was heading north but drifting south the effort failed. Were you schooled in Florida?
Florida man attempting to upgrade to Englishman
What would florida man’s super power be?
Tenacity
I’m not an expert in maritime law, or any law for that matter, but why they had to help him?
If he wanted to be in danger he succeeded, provided he doesn’t request the coastal guard for assistance he is not hurting anything but himself. Is It because his hamster wheel might have been a hazard to other boats?
Article 98 UNCLOS, “Duty to render assistance”:
- Every State shall require the master of a ship flying its flag, in so far as he can do so without serious danger to the ship, the crew or the passengers:
a. to render assistance to any person found at sea in danger of being lost;
b. to proceed with all possible speed to the rescue of persons in distress, if informed of their need of assistance, in so far as such action may reasonably be expected of him;
c. after a collision, to render assistance to the other ship, its crew and its passengers and, where possible, to inform the other ship of the name of his own ship, its port of registry and the nearest port at which it will call.- Every coastal State shall promote the establishment, operation and maintenance of an adequate and effective search and rescue service regarding safety on and over the sea and, where circumstances so require, by way of mutual regional arrangements cooperate with neighbouring States for this purpose.
Thank you barsoap! So even if there is no assistance request is given if the person is clearly lost or soon to be in need of assistance you need to provide assistance.
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.
He has a Wikipedia page. Reza Baluchi
At this point, the guy should have already gathered some support to help him make the cross.
Crazier things have been done.
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.
Shhh… Don’t tell them about the existence of buses and trains.
Sounds like socialism on wheels, no thanks.
Public transport is socialism tho. Can’t have that in Florida.
Oh look at all these nice cars the rich people have, it’d be a shame if they go missing. 😏
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Just be an immigrant and Desantis will use taxpayer money to illegally traffic you over state lines!
Instead of raising money for the coast guard he could just… not waste their time needing rescued.
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.
I mean, that sounds kinda like a desperate persons attempts to keep other people off his “boat”.
Anything to get out of Florida
Imagine being so fed up with living in Florida that the only way you can think to leave is by a giant hamster wheel
The guy made it 110km?! I mean, I’m still pretty impressed
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.
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!
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.
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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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.
Our dude was running out of lettuce, and pleased to be caught.
Redbull needs to get in in this action!
Thanks for that info, it’s certainly new to me. The only times I’ve heard of him were for his last attempts at this same stunt.
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.
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.
Sounds like he was evacuating…
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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
Why arrest the guy if he wants to drowned in a hamster wheel in the ocean that’s on him
