Sadly, anyone sending out a message in a bottle nowadays would probably be fined and imprisoned for 30 days.
“Sadly, anyone sending out a message in a bottle nowadays would probably be fined and imprisoned for 30 days.”
No, if you are a mile or so off shore, it’s perfectly legal to chunk stuff overboard.
I go deep sea fishing about 75 miles offshore 2-3 times a year, and my daughters have always had me throw message in a bottle over — with letter and “forever” stamp lately.
None have come back yet.