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Missing man may have tried to ride Jet Ski from South Florida to Bahamas, deputies say
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel ^ | September 27, 2022 | Wells Dusenbury

Posted on 09/29/2022 1:28:07 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

A man who may have been attempting to ride a Jet Ski from Pompano Beach to the Bahamas is missing, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said.

Authorities are trying to find the 52-year-old man, Charles Walker, who was last seen about 5 p.m. Friday in Pompano Beach in the 3200 block of Northeast 16th Street, a community near the beach just north of the 14th Street bridge.

Walker was attempting to ride a Jet Ski personal watercraft to Bimini in the Bahamas, his family told the sheriff’s detectives.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Local News; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Travel
KEYWORDS: bahamas; bemini; bimini; browardcounty; florida; floridaman; jetski; missing; pompanobeach
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1 posted on 09/29/2022 1:28:07 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I have no idea what the range of a jet ski is.


2 posted on 09/29/2022 1:29:03 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Stupid is as stupid does!


3 posted on 09/29/2022 1:29:48 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (I Miss Jimmy Carter)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

In a hurricane?


4 posted on 09/29/2022 1:31:48 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: ifinnegan
It's about 60 miles. I suppose it could be done on one of the big jet skis in relatively calm waters. People take speed boats from FL to have dinner in Bimini. Probably takes longer navigating the intercoastals than the actual trip.
5 posted on 09/29/2022 1:33:00 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro

Thanks.


6 posted on 09/29/2022 1:33:59 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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7 posted on 09/29/2022 1:34:20 PM PDT by moovova
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Think of it as evolution in action.


8 posted on 09/29/2022 1:35:59 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Around two hundred miles to the Bahamas. Not a chance, unless you were hauling gas too.


9 posted on 09/29/2022 1:36:35 PM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Appears to be a “Florida man.”


10 posted on 09/29/2022 1:36:38 PM PDT by LibertyOh
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To: ifinnegan
I have no idea what the range of a jet ski is.

I have one and I would guess about 120 miles max. One of my rules is to never ride alone. Nothing more embarrassing than being stuck with a broken rig and having to wave down strangers for a tow. Best to just have a buddy pull you home.

Being stuck in the open sea with no one around would be terrifying.

11 posted on 09/29/2022 1:36:57 PM PDT by usurper
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

It is only an inch on a world map.


12 posted on 09/29/2022 1:39:24 PM PDT by Radix
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Strap on a couple of coolers full of Beer and head out.


13 posted on 09/29/2022 1:40:19 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (Let's go Brandon)
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To: ifinnegan

“I have no idea what the range of a jet ski is.”\

I do.


14 posted on 09/29/2022 1:41:16 PM PDT by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: Tommy Revolts

About 60 miles from the Pampano Beach to the Bimini Islands.
SE to Alice Town.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pompano+Beach,+FL/@26.1382056,-79.7416771,9.96z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x88d902d941884489:0x3b611c5e76ae74f3!8m2!3d26.2378597!4d-80.1247667?hl=en


15 posted on 09/29/2022 1:41:29 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Shades of Ron Obvious


16 posted on 09/29/2022 1:41:55 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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“It’s about 60 miles. I suppose it could be done on one of the big jet skis in relatively calm waters”

Seafood has 166 mile range at WOT!


17 posted on 09/29/2022 1:42:10 PM PDT by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: BenLurkin

No.


18 posted on 09/29/2022 1:42:24 PM PDT by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: 1Old Pro

Bimini’s been tried before. Authorities stepped in when he ran out of gas.


19 posted on 09/29/2022 1:43:10 PM PDT by Does so (https//youtu.be/3PxEWB6W8ig ......Uke's Independence Day Parade. Anthem starts at 15:00)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Did he take the Bermuda trianle route?


20 posted on 09/29/2022 1:45:18 PM PDT by entropy12 (Trump & MAGA are the only road to kep USA viable.)
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