Did you have a current chart? Was the restriction marked on the chart? If you didn't have a chart, you were in the wrong. If your chart was current and the area wasn't shown, then I'd say you were in the right.
Here in Michigan, a lot of pilots get caught by Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs). Anytime the president visits the Detroit area, a TFR is placed around the Pontiac airport, one of the busiest general aviation airports in the country. The problem is that it isn't easy to know if a TFR is in effect, because the information isn't always passed to the Flight Service briefers, who pilots rely on to get such information. A local aviation attorney told me to always ask the briefer if any TFRs are in effect; the feds can't do much to you if you were taped getting bad information.
Same thing applies to boating. It's your responsibility to know where the restricted areas are located. If you can't be bothered with checking, then you deserve to pay some consequences.
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Today's Featured Article - History of the Nuffield Tractor - by Anthony West. The Nuffield tractor story started in early 1945. The British government still reeling from the effects of the war on the economy, approached the Nuffield organization to see if they would design and build an "ALL NEW" British built wheeled tractor, suitable for both British and world farming.
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