Sunday, May 25 Shearwater to Kynoch Inlet 63 miles 6 hours

A rainy day makes for a nice cruising day.  Before we left we met Greg off of the Grand Banks, Allure.  We are both heading to Alaska and expect to see them again up the road.  Seaforth Channel only had 1' chop and we passed through Reid Passage at low water.  It is a beautiful area with several anchorages.  Mathieson Channel is enormous but has spectacular waterfalls everywhere.  We are now entering Fiordland.  Kynoch Inlet is amazing.  It has a huge waterfall at the entrance to a fiord with snow, capped granite cliffs up to 3000 feet.  Nothing we have ever seen compares.  We anchored at the head of the inlet near the outpouring of Culpepper Lagoon in 108 feet.  We thought everything was fine until the depth meter showed 2 feet!!  We quickly pulled anchor and headed into deeper water.  The wind is a steady 15 kts, we are getting turbulence from Culpepper Lagoon and it is pouring rain.  As soon as the wind let up we were finally at peace.

Kynoch Inlet

Falls at entrance to Kynoch Inlet