Monday, July 9 Rescue Bay to Kynoch Inlet 2 ½ hours 28 miles

At last we are in Fiordland (correct spelling in Canada).  This area is like traveling through Yosemite Valley by boat.  The water in the channel is up to 1500 feet deep.  We are surrounded by snow capped mountains and amazing granite monoliths.  As we entered Kynoch we first stopped at the magnificent water fall on the left side of the channel.  It is very tall and wide and the rocks in its path give it the shape of a person.  It is called Man Falls by some.  Kynoch Inlet is 12 miles long and we are heading the end of the inlet for the night.  Seeing this area on a sunny day is spectacular.  Bright sunny days are not that common up here in BC.  There was one other boat already anchored when we arrived at the anchorage. Near the head was a very interesting waterfall.  One could see it meander down the mountain but it terminated in a large snow bank.  We couldn’t see where the water entered the bay.  Very interesting.  It is tricky anchoring here because the water is quite deep and shallows very rapidly.  We dropped our anchor in 80 feet and settled in at 42 feet.  Fred said the anchor hooked up well.  We hope so because as the day progressed the wind kicked up to 15-20 knots and we had 1-2 foot chop here at anchor.  We really thought it would be very calm back here.  We worried about our anchor holding and slept very poorly with each of getting up periodically to check our position on the chart plotter.  The rain was coming down so hard we really couldn’t see outside.  Plus, the other boat here did not put his anchor light on so we couldn’t determine our position in reference to his boat.  As it turned out we moved a lot in a small area and our anchor held fast.