Not legally.
http://myfwc.com/boating/boating-regulations#flag
http://myfwc.com/boating/boating-regulations#flag
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Not legally.
Florida Boating Regulations
I'm wondering if by that definition, the BHB area is open water or not..... We stay OUT of the navigation channel, and area the law specifies as having the 100 ft rule, along with rivers and inlets.... We are not in the inlet, by the pumphouise or jetties...we are far into the intracoastal, and we are NOT in a boating area. An arguement might be made that we are in an area of anchorage, though that is only the case because the local government has not figured out how to get rid of the freeloaders that live just off the BHB on junk boats.
In any event, the flag does not make me safer when I am out there, and it annoys me to tow one for no reason other than a misplaced ordinance.
Aggie Diver! Sorry to have missed you - I would have loved to show you around. Class of '99 here myself....WHOOP! FL transplant, moved here from Houston last year. I hope you enjoyed BHB - it's one of my favorite dives!