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Florida Man Attempts Journey to New York in Home-Made Contraption
ABC7 ^ | Sun July 25, 2021

Posted on 07/25/2021 11:43:36 AM PDT by nickcarraway

A man washed ashore in a cylindrical floating contraption on Saturday after attempting to float all the way to New York. He was not injured.

The man told officials he came back to shore after having problems with his vessel.

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office reported that the man left St. Augustine in the vessel with the goal of reaching New York.

(Excerpt) Read more at abc-7.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: contraption; florida; floridaman; floriduh
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1 posted on 07/25/2021 11:43:36 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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2 posted on 07/25/2021 11:45:31 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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3 posted on 07/25/2021 11:46:33 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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How would he steer?


4 posted on 07/25/2021 11:46:57 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (“At first you go bankrupt slowly, then all at once.” -- Hemingway)
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Is he related to the guy who floated off in a lawn chair with a bunch of weather balloons attached?


5 posted on 07/25/2021 11:47:09 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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That looks like a floating squirrel treadmill!


6 posted on 07/25/2021 11:47:36 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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#6 in the Prisoner should have built one of these. Rover wouldn't be able to touch him.


7 posted on 07/25/2021 11:48:31 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (“At first you go bankrupt slowly, then all at once.” -- Hemingway)
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Is he related to the guy who floated off in a lawn chair with a bunch of weather balloons attached?


Well the lawn chair pilot was successful...


8 posted on 07/25/2021 11:49:07 AM PDT by hanamizu
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Where is his beer cooler?


9 posted on 07/25/2021 11:52:40 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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How do you get out of that thing in an emergency?


10 posted on 07/25/2021 11:53:42 AM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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Looks like one of.those weird jato powered beach assault gizmos the brits designed during WWII


11 posted on 07/25/2021 11:57:15 AM PDT by Afterguard (Deplorable me! )
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That thing is an Emergency


12 posted on 07/25/2021 11:57:35 AM PDT by Bell Bouy II
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Nice flow through ventilation!


13 posted on 07/25/2021 11:57:37 AM PDT by bigbob
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Silly me, I would have used a sailboat.


14 posted on 07/25/2021 12:02:25 PM PDT by Pollard
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No, lawn chair guy wasn’t successful, he died.


15 posted on 07/25/2021 12:03:17 PM PDT by TexasCruzin (Trump is the man. #TrumpPence16)
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That’s what I was thinking of, too: the Great Panjandrum. There are some pretty funny accounts of the testing.

Maybe Florida Man should have rigged up some rockets.


16 posted on 07/25/2021 12:06:20 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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“No, lawn chair guy wasn’t successful, he died.”

From suicide, 11 years after his flying lawnchair adventure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawnchair_Larry_flight


17 posted on 07/25/2021 12:07:15 PM PDT by Pelham (No more words, now we fight)
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Looks shark-proof.

Appears as though you roll it across the water.


18 posted on 07/25/2021 12:08:26 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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Sven Yrvind this guy is not.


19 posted on 07/25/2021 12:08:44 PM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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Not enough clearance between the core cylinder and the water! You would get drenched to death from cold ocean water the way is it currently designed. What was he thinking?


20 posted on 07/25/2021 12:10:14 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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