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• GreyRider Member State of FloridaPosts: 61 Deckhand

  September 2013 #2

  Krackerman wrote: »

  If my flares exp date is sept 2013 are they still considered valid until end of sept 2013 ? thx

  
  With no end specific date then 9/1/2013

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• Panhandler80 Moderator Ytic AmanapPosts: 8,913 Moderator

  September 2013 #3

  GreyRider wrote: »

  With no end specific date then 9/1/2013

  
  Why is that? Can you site anything?
  
  Vehicle registration is the opposite.
  
  Of course, they are FLARES... just go ahead and buy some new ones and keep the old ones on board for a year or two as backups. You never know when you might need some extras and they'll probably still work.

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• Roc N Rol Senior Member Riviera BeachPosts: 1,352 Officer

  September 2013 #4

  Panhandler80 wrote: »

  Why is that? Can you site anything?
  
  Vehicle registration is the opposite.
  
  .

  
  Vehicle registration is not the opposite, vehicle registrations expire at midnight on the owners birthday. And if you keep the expired flares on the boat they have to be marked practice flares and kept separate form the current ones.

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• Panhandler80 Moderator Ytic AmanapPosts: 8,913 Moderator

  September 2013 #5

  Well I'll be. I always thought vehicle was at the end of birthday month. Maybe just how I've been rationalizing my laziness all these years.
  
  EDIT: And I don't know how separate the practice flares are supposed to be kept, but mine are in a separate ziplock inside an ice bag but stored right there with the new ones in the same ditch bag. They also aren't labeled, but I know exactly which are which (pretty easy to tell) and I'll be damned if I'm going to have two ditch bags. No problem taking some time off work to fight this one if ticketed.

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• Krackerman Junior Member Posts: 9 Greenhorn

  September 2013 #6

  I got checked down in 10,000 island GW said good till end of month thanks for replies

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• Capt Dan Medina Senior Member CAPE CORALPosts: 820 Officer

  September 2013 #7

  End of month. I keep my old flares on board and would use those first in the event they needed to be used. Seperate by zip locks, magic marker saying expired...

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