Another long day of motoring. But what a great day. We were greeted early in the morning by a single Dall's porpoise swimming in our bow wake for at least 20 minutes.
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| Graceful Dall's porpoise, /They look like baby Orca whales |
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| Swimming on his/her side. |
We then stopped at the spectacular waterfall in Kynoch Inlet. Kevin flew the drone, and it became quite an event. He changed the maximum flight height and went higher than ever before. At about 500-600' the drone lost it's mind and rotated sideways and appeared out of control. It quickly righted it self, but it was quite scary. It did it a second time a minute later. Kevin brought it back to land on the boat and it went into "return to home" mode. It flew away from the boat and hovered. I quickly moved the boat close to that location. Kevin could not regain control though and it hovered precariously about 6-8' above the water. We feared it was going to lower itself into the water just 10 feet from us. Kevin regained control and it flew directly at the boat. Alex grabbed for it and managed to knock it to the deck where it crashed, unharmed. Alex however suffered a cut on one finger from the prop. Wow, close call. Alex is fine, but now we are a bit fearful of the very real chance of losing the drone even in light winds. With no internet, Kevin is unable to research the drone and it's settings/capabilities. Also, the app on his phone that lets him see the image being taken is crashing on him. We are going to install the app on my phone and see if it is any more reliable.
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| Alex at the falls in Kynoch Inlet |
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| Paulo, Alex, Kevin |
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| Kevin and Steve |
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| Getting closer |
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| Drone shot. |
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| Great to have this new perspective while cruising |
After that excitement we motored along the beautiful fjordlands region towards our final destination fo Kutzh Inlet. We anchored in about 60' at the outlet of a river. Move any closer to shore and you risk going aground at low tide if you swing around. Not much further out and your are in 200' of water, far to deep to set an anchor. It is a challenging anchorage, but is well worth the effort! There is a magnificent waterfall tumbling all the way down a 3000' mountain. Next to it is a 4100' peak. This is an impressive anchorage.
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| a BC ferry headed south |
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| A humpback whale, very close to shore |
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| Anchored in Khutz Inlet |
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| Spectacular scenery in Khutz Inlet |
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| Hanging out in the salon. |
A final shot of the long waterfall.
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| Awesome. 3500' to 4100' mountains |
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