Jeff Morris wrote:

I can answer. That doesn't mean I have to.

Yeah, because it doesn't suit your agenda.

The kayak was designed for small lakes and rivers, not waters covered by the
ColRegs. This is, in fact, an aspect of this that could be argued under rule 2.

What a load of crap. Kayaks were designed and built for
travel in the open waters of the Bering Sea and Gulf of
Alaska. Kayaks regularly travel the open waters of the North
Pacific from Vancouver Island to Alaska and the Aleutians.

And since when does the designer of a boat determine its legality?

Designer? I don't think who designed it matters to anyone.
If you meant the design, then you're the one who said it
made a kayak illegal, not me.

If a boat can hold only one person that person is the total
crew required to fulfill any and all regulatory requirements.

If I design
a boat to go 100 knots, does that make 100 knots a safe speed?

Not if it can maintain a speed below 100 knots when 100
knots is unsafe.

Tautology? You are the one arguing ad nauseum that paddling
a kayak in fog is illegal.


Rick