Seymour Inlet

Seymour Inlet is very long. It’s about 42 nautical miles. We planned to go about 3/4 of the way up and anchor in Maunsell Bay and then the following day take a motor up to the head of the Inlet and anchor up somewhere else – maybe check out Frederick Sound or go back to Maunsell Bay.

We started out with a flat calm morning after the wind the day before.

We went in to Warner Bay to look around. There was a small float home in there next to the entrance to a lagoon and then further up after the lagoon is Hibbard Lake.

We arrived at Maunsell Bay – the anchorage is in a snug little cove at the very top of the bay. It’s a deep anchorage and not a lot of swing room but we found the perfect spot in about 55 feet of water. The anchorage is almost complete enclosed by high hills on all side except for the tiny opening. Surrounded by trees and high rock cliffs. The branches of the trees go right down to the water level. Very little tide changes or waves make there way in here.

Just after we set the anchor down and set up our Happy hour there was a flash of lightning and a huge crash of thunder. And then rain! And then more thunder and lightning. And it was getting dark in there. And a little creepy – knowing we were all alone. And what if we got hit by lightning. And we were all alone. Lilly was not happy either !

And then it would clear up and be calm and such a beautiful spot for a little while

And then lightning and thunder and rain again. It did this about 4 or 5 times throughout the evening. It really was a beautiful anchorage but I was happy to leave in the morning feeling a little isolated in there. I took a lot of photos in there. It was really a lovely little spot and all the water was cascading down the rock cliffs from the heaving rain. It is hard to capture in photos.

I took a couple videos of the rain. Might see if I can upload one when I have some better service. Dock wifi is — dock wifi! Better than nothing but not by much!

The next morning we went up to the head of Seymour Inlet. Beautiful!! I took a lot of photos there as well. That will be the next post.