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Originally Posted by Evenstar
... So the majority of us do know what we are doing and we know the limitations of our boats better than almost any other class of boaters...
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You are extrapolating the skills and knowledge that you have to the rest of the kayakers. Yes, there are kayak enthusiasts that have all these skills but they are a tiny percentage of the overall users of kayaks. There are not 350,000 people in kayak school this year to fill those new kayaks.
Obviously, white-water river kayaking is a seperate topic. But most kayaks today are sold for occasional recreational use. Very few people are making 20 mile open water trips.
None of this means that you shouldn't be kayaking anywhere you want or that you have less rights than the rest of us. But the biggest danger to kayakers is overconfidence. People get in over there heads, end up in the water and die from hypothermia or drowning.