We
have a long ride today. The
wind was
1-10 kts and the current was on a flood (with us) the whole way
up Agamemnon
Channel, Prince of Wales Reach, Princess Royal Reach and Queens
Reach. Aren’t those
great names? Sounds very
grand. Indeed these
channels are very deep and wide
with very few places to anchor.
One must
really commit to the entire journey. We
must enter Princess Louisa Inlet via Malibu Rapids. These are nothing to joke
about. The current can
run up to 7 kts through here
and there is a blind S curve at the end.
Slack water should be about 5 pm.
We follow 2 sailboats through at 4:45 pm with ½ kt
current with us. We then
enter into one of the grandest fiords
in British Columbia. The
granite walls
are up to 6000’ high and there are dozens of waterfalls dotting
the walls. There is a
nice dock at the head of the 4
mile inlet by Chatterbox Falls.
Since we
are over 55’ in length we are not allowed on the dock. We are 57’ in length. We anchored at the mouth of
the
waterfall. The outflow
from the falls
should keep us from swinging. Chatterbox
Falls
are enormous and one can look up at the mile high cliffs and
follow the
falls from the edge of the cliff all the way to the bottom.
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