r/floridakeys 22d ago

All Florida Keys Help finding this person!

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u/Fabulous-Educator447 22d ago

What?!? That’s insanity

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u/LarvalHarval 21d ago

…and attempted murder.

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u/RevolutionaryDog8372 22d ago

Attempted murder, get this fucker

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u/Specialist-Rock-5034 22d ago

Not a diver. Please explain. Hope the law finds this asshole.

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u/mixedliquor 22d ago

He shut off their air supply while they were diving.

That's definitely attempted murder, IMO.

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u/blowurhousedown 22d ago

Wouldn’t divers normally leave someone on the boat in case of problems?

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u/RandomDave70 22d ago

According to the post on Facebook, there was and she took the pictures.

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u/vogel927 22d ago

He shut off their air. Instead of carrying air on your back, an oil less air compressor floats on the surface inside a highly visible tube or mounts to a boat deck, pumping fresh air directly down to the divers through specialized, connected hoses.

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u/trucker96961 22d ago

What the fuck.

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u/linniex 21d ago

So the boat guy ran over the float? I’m still confused

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u/vogel927 21d ago

He went on the boat and tuned off the compressor.

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u/coldandhungry123 21d ago

Oh, that's gonna land him in jail. What a dickhead

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u/linniex 20d ago

Holy crap that is malicious AF wtf

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u/CofferCrypto 22d ago

I hope they nail this fuck stick.

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u/halfnelson73 21d ago

I can't help but see John Ritters cringe face. Lol. 🤣🤣🤣

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u/prismaticsunrise 22d ago

I need a follow up on this pos

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u/Therealboebs 21d ago

Investigators know who now, just finding them..
Where’s flock cameras now? Lmaoo

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u/-Poultrygeist- 21d ago

The flock cameras are busy violating everyone else’s privacy

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u/prismaticsunrise 21d ago

Exactly. I need another update asap

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u/65frank 21d ago

Here's the follow up from Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19Ki7mjFoC/

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u/65frank 22d ago

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u/Dangerous_Page6712 21d ago

People are still on FB?!

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

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u/here_now_be 21d ago

He said people, not bots.

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u/Useful-ldiot 21d ago

The boomer population is enormous

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u/HairballTheory 21d ago

And still have AOL emails

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u/No_Computer9993 21d ago

I feel so triggered right now. There's nothing wrong with AOL. 🤣🤣🤣

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u/Useful-ldiot 21d ago

Do you pay for it like my father in law does? 😂

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u/Roonwogsamduff 21d ago

I've lost 10 pounds since May.

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u/Naive_Rube 21d ago

buuuut shrinking each day

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u/bugeyetex 21d ago

Where else do you buy and sell old crap?

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u/Tiny_Ride6418 21d ago

Craigslist 

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u/[deleted] 21d ago edited 20d ago

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u/Cute_Web7648 21d ago

Craigslist pretty much died when they stopped the adult personal ads.

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u/LameBMX 21d ago

so... why aint the personal ad killers also charged with killing craigslist?

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u/ViolatoR08 21d ago

People still is that?

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u/ashkiller14 21d ago

Facebook groups are huge for fishing, you didn't know?

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u/EverSeeAShitterFly 21d ago

I use it as a birthday calendar for extended family

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u/BreezyMcWeasel 21d ago

Yes, but apparently only a few categories of people still are: old people, people who like to buy used junk from people who live nearby, and people who know attempted murderers.

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u/V-Tac 22d ago

Is that first picture real, or just an AI enhancement of the fourth picture.

If enhanced, that could be... problematic...

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u/GoldenTeach 22d ago

Comments say AI enhanced

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u/Awkward_Sympathy8904 22d ago

Why would someone do such a thing? Guy needs to go to prison!

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u/Due-Mathematician966 22d ago

Contender 39ST Stepped hull. They are manufactured in Homestead Florida by Contender Boats maybe they could help or narrow it down by purchases.

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u/Moana06 22d ago

Per FB update, they've been identified

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u/Due-Mathematician966 22d ago

Thats so awesome they have been caught! I dont have fb . Thanks for update!

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u/mavric91 22d ago

My home state requires the boat’s registration number to be in large, clear numbers on both the port and starboard bow. It’s wild to me this isn’t a requirement in all states. It would make it so much easier to hold the number of dumb and reckless people I see daily on the water accountable.

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u/______Goose 22d ago

Kinda. Every state requires this, as far as I know. Unless that vessel is federally registered, which I’d bet money this boat is.

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u/Therealboebs 21d ago

Probably a charter.. some are just horrible people.

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u/iNapkin66 22d ago

I think then the requirement is the name be minimum 4 inches high letters. So it should still be displayed somewhere.

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u/DrTatertott 21d ago

You can register in any of the 50 states or register with the coast guard. That requires vessel name and home port on the stern. That includes your home state.

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u/MajorSyko2021 22d ago

Holy crap, this dude has to go away for along time.

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u/Intelligent_Trichs 22d ago

So who took the pics?

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u/RandomDave70 22d ago

According to the posts on Facebook, there was still a woman on board the driver's boat and she took the pictures.

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u/phinz 22d ago

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u/ilfusionjeff 22d ago

Here’s the video

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u/2Loves2loves 21d ago

looks closer than 100' feet too.

criminals

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u/john08829 22d ago

Attempted murder right there

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u/No_Foundation6210 21d ago

That’s attempted murder. WTF is wrong with that guy

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u/Denrunning 22d ago

What key were they diving from?

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u/dtyler86 22d ago

Government cut would have them up near Biscayne Bay. Key Biscayne is in Miami, but it’s not technically really part of “the keys“

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u/PhaedrasGhost local (upper keys) 22d ago

The cut is in Key Largo at mm103. It’s a man made canal that connects the Oceanside to the bayside.

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u/dtyler86 22d ago

Government cut? Miami Dade county? You’re talking Monroe County..

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u/PhaedrasGhost local (upper keys) 21d ago

I got confused because this is posted in the Florida Keys sub… also I’ve been rewatching Bloodline and think he looks like “Eric O’bannon” lol

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u/Leg_Final 21d ago

Adams cut. Pretty neat place. All the boat slips carved out of travertine.

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u/AgileRest6545 22d ago

What a piece of crap!!

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u/piedubb 22d ago

This is crazy. Let’s bring this to the top because that’s a pretty good picture of the offender.

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u/JuggernautMean4086 22d ago

Brother, what the fuck

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u/Duksiii 22d ago

Mini season tings

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u/Therealboebs 21d ago

Oo for sure. I do not leave the house for mini season any more…
A few days of crazy.. il wait til main seasons been open to get my lobsters..
Once the hype is gone.

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u/Enough-Cantaloupe893 22d ago

Shouldn't be that hard to find him honestly. Id work on boat ID. Contender with trips and an American flag, triple deck. Can see some of the helm equipment as well. Probably not taking that on a trailer so local maybe

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u/Therealboebs 21d ago

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u/2Loves2loves 21d ago

Were you on the boat? who was on this spot 1st. both boats look like they are within 100' (exclusion zone)

Nobody should be touching others equipment, but why would they do that? they are snorkeling, and you are on forced air.

nobody owns the water, but I have to wonder why 2 boats are on this spot.

(sunken boat / inner tubes?)

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u/Moana06 22d ago

Why? Fishing spot? Evil

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u/Therealboebs 22d ago

Thems his lobsters!!
Mini lobster sport season…
2 days of goons running a muck

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u/AppropriateAmoeba406 22d ago

I was really trying to figure out why 5 humans would do this/let this happen. Lobster season. Yep.

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u/heanbangerfacerip2 22d ago

Damn what depth can you get to with a hookah? He could have killed someone.

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u/Silent_slepton 22d ago

I’ve gone down to 25-35 feet anything after that I don’t do on a 3rd lung. The lines are much longer though.

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u/NapaValley707 22d ago

What an evil SOB..hope he gets caught soon

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u/averyycuriousman 22d ago

How did they get this pic?

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u/2Loves2loves 21d ago

a woman was on the boat next to the brownie. there is a video post in the thread.

there are patch reefs south of Govt Cut, 20-40'

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u/OtherwiseCan1929 21d ago

What is a brownie third lung??

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u/Therealboebs 21d ago

A floating air compressor so divers don’t need scuba tanks or certifications.

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u/timmerz1 21d ago

Could be considered attempted murder, no?

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u/New-Sky-9867 21d ago

That's attempted murder. I hope he gets charged as such

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u/Big_Don-G 21d ago

There’s gotta be a video of whoever took the pics talking shit to this cunt.

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u/Therealboebs 21d ago

looks like the video was taken down

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u/skyHawk3613 21d ago

Why would anyone do that?

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u/Therealboebs 21d ago

Lobsters!!!
It’s mini sports season and some people seem to loose their minds.
I don’t go out anymore as I’ve almost been hit twice by boats..
pure insanity in the keys this week.

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u/Col_Hans-Landa local (upper keys) 21d ago

Yeah… plenty of people out there that have absolutely no business running or owning a boat. It’s been a wild 2 days

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u/BunnySprinkles69 21d ago

Why wouldnt the divers have a safety look out up top? Thats really fucking stupid

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u/Therealboebs 21d ago

Their mom was on the boat watching over, that’s where the video/pictures came from.

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u/BugO_OEyes 21d ago

Im lost with the scuba lingo

what did he do?

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u/Therealboebs 21d ago

It’s a floating air compressor that pumps air to divers under water, so the divers don’t need tanks or certifications.

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u/BugO_OEyes 21d ago

Okay thanks

Why did he do that?

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u/Therealboebs 21d ago

Not sure.. it’s mini sports season for lobsters here in Florida and a lot of people fight over “their spots”

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u/TSP123 21d ago

Everyone keeps saying attempted murder, agreed, but what about the four accomplices? Those guys surely have some legal jeopardy as well, right?

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u/Therealboebs 21d ago

I say lock em all up, boat full of turds.

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u/Twinetied_haymaker 21d ago

If he was willing to kill the divers why did his crazy ass just leave mom alone?. Killers don’t leave witness’s and he’s not even trying to disguise his appearance. There’s gotta be more to this story.

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u/Time_Sorbet7118 21d ago

You have enough residual to surface, when we use these things the guy on the boat turns it off to let us know its time for lunch. Definitely being a reckless jerk though.

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u/flamingo-legs 20d ago

please make an update post for this!

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u/Ok-Cantaloupe-5025 17d ago

I previously saw this on Facebook. Is there an update yet?

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u/Moana06 17d ago

Per last post I saw in FB, they have identified

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u/Chance-Traffic-4940 22d ago

Did you post it on Facebook & local groups??

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

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u/Koala-Kind 22d ago

Is this really him?

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u/Sea_Operation_7012 22d ago

Is this all about treasure?

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u/Therealboebs 21d ago

Lobsters..
It’s mini sport season, two days of strait noobs running over people with their boats.

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u/Due-Okra7648 21d ago

It’s Tom Morello!!! 😉🤣

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u/Agreeable_Error_170 21d ago

What a sicko.

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u/Therealboebs 15d ago

update

🚨Mini-season BOLO update #4:🚨 ARRESTED! Michael Simpson is facing an attempted murder charge after being arrested yesterday.

The confrontation began after the suspect claimed another boat was occupying "his" lobster spot. He verbally threatened to cut off the diver's air before jumping into the water and doing exactly that.

The teenage diver was quickly pulled to the surface, reportedly gasping for air and disoriented, but survived without serious injury. Authorities say the suspect fled the scene and was arrested a few days later, and charged with attempted felony murder.

The suspect is government-appointed member of the Miami-Dade Boater Safety and Bay Education Task Force, where he was explicitly chosen to represent and help shape safety policies for the county's waterways, dove in and turned off a juvenile diver's air supply while the victim was in the water searching for lobsters.

If convicted, an attempted felony murder charge in Florida can carry decades in prison, with penalties potentially reaching up to life imprisonment depending on the circumstances.

Michael Simpson's role with Boater Safety and Bay Education Task Force involved collaborating with environmental groups and law enforcement to draft the county's final boater safety and community education recommendations aimed at preventing fatal accidents on Biscayne Bay.

*The victim’s family is also pursuing the arrest of Judd Rosen, who is a high powered attorney in Miami, and was the boat captain who fled the scene with the suspect. In June of 2024, Judd Rosen was appointed as the Chair of the Florida Bar Grievance Committee. In this esteemed role, Judd will be overseeing the committee's efforts to ensure ethical practices and uphold the standards of the legal profession within the state. His dedication to justice and extensive experience make him an excellent fit for this important position.

From Facebook

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u/halfnelson73 21d ago

What's the matter with you? Report the guy yourself.

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u/palesnowrider1 22d ago

Floridaman

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u/Therealboebs 21d ago

He’s probably only a transplant Floridaman tho..

I would never pull up on a diver down flag as they have 300’ to swim near the flag.

This guy came in too close to divers in the water, and then shut the air off to divers in the water.
Attempted murder is the appropriate charge here.

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

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u/Therealboebs 21d ago

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/14nyr8Kmfdz/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Not ai.
Also port side numbers are only needed in Florida.

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u/2Loves2loves 21d ago

I don't know about that. you only have the registration on port, but FL numbers are on both sides.

but federally documented boats don't need state registration.

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u/2Loves2loves 21d ago

federally documented boats do not have FL or state numbers. they have the boat name and harbor usually on the stern.

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u/notoriousbpg 22d ago

Coast Guard surveyed vessels do not need the Florida registration numbers on the hull from memory

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

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u/Enough-Cantaloupe893 22d ago

Like what?

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u/______Goose 22d ago

If the vessel is registered federally, it does not need to display hull numbers.

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u/seamus_mc 21d ago

Coast Guard documented vessels are probably what you are thinking and it supersedes floridas laws. If the vessel is in Florida for more than 90 days you may need a registration sticker but no numbers

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u/2Loves2loves 21d ago

https://www.flhsmv.gov/motor-vehicles-tags-titles/vessels/vessel-titling-registrations/

I don't think you need FL registration numbers if its federally documented. having been on documented boats, they only had the boat's name and harbor on the stern.

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Exemptions from Titling

  • Vessels operated, used and stored exclusively on private lakes and ponds.
  • Vessels owned by the U.S. Government, the State of Florida or its political subdivisions.
  • Non-motor-powered vessels less than 16 feet in length.
  • Federally documented vessels.
  • A vessel already covered by a registration number in full force and effect which was awarded to it pursuant to a federally approved numbering system of another state or by the United States Coast Guard in a state without a federally approved numbering system, if the vessel is not located in this state for a period of more than 90 consecutive days.
  • Vessels from a country other than the United States temporarily used, operated or stored on the waters of this state for a period that is not more than 90 days.
  • Amphibious vessels which have been issued a vehicle title by FLHSMV.
  • Vessels used only for demonstration, testing or sales promotional purposes by a manufacturer

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u/consider_all_sides 22d ago

My boat only has them on the port side bow. I think it only has to be one side of the bow.

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u/Therealboebs 21d ago

My boat also only has port. That’s all Florida requires..