otnmbrd wrote:

I am not questioning the "right" of the kayaker to cross a TSS, just the
prudence of doing so in a fog and whether the rules may in fact
say/imply/etc., that they shouldn't.

I never recommended it as a pleasant weekend family
activity. I wouldn't do it.

As far as the quality of the ear and eye, there is a century
of (mostly) successful zero vis high speed navigation up an
down the inside passage between Seattle and Alaska. Those
waters were heavily populated with small tugs, dugout
canoes, fishboats, skiffs and all manner of small and ill
equipped vessels. There are a few notable exceptions to that
record but only a few out of tens of thousands of uneventful
passages through some of the most restricted waters on the
planet speaks to the value of the eye and ear.

But the point is it is not illegal and that is what the
argument was about. The mere presence of the kayak is not a
violation of any regulation.

This whole thing started out because someone could not
accept that some activities which they think are insane may
be quite commonly performed and until something happens are
not treated as foolhardy or imprudent.

Rick