Jonathan Ganz wrote:

Rick I'm surprised at your attitude. In the narrow question
of whether something is legal or not, of course, it's "legal."

Good, that is precisely the point that it was so difficult
to get across.

The original poster ... long since lost in the fog ...
stated categorically that it was illegal, prohibited by
COLREGS. The fact is it is not and that was what I was
trying so hard to get across.

Anyone posting that an act is illegal when it is not is
doing a great disservice to those who come here for information.

That doesn't mean that is the last word on the subject, nor
does it mean that there are circumstances where a seemingly
legal act could be actionable by the CG to prevent problems.

You are absolutely correct. I cannot recall any post by any
poster claiming kayaking in dense fog across a busy shipping
channel or VTS was prudent. Every single poster other than
myself claimed without qualification that there was one
reason or another that it was illegal, prohibited, or a
violation of some such clause of some law or another.

There is a big difference between stupid and illegal, most
of the posters here seem to have trouble differentiating.

Rick