Cuming Inlet: A Grand Canyon at Sea

We left the hunting armada of motor boats of Pond Inlet behind and continued west and then north in economy mode: one engine, 5-6 knots. The sea is glassy, zero wind. By evening we turn north into Navy Board Inlet, during the night the typical fog sets in and light northerly breeze establishes, which later in the night accelerates into a proper 20-knot breeze - a channeling effect of the fjord. Early morning we reach Lancaster Sound. A big name, that I have heard so many times already and now we’re finally here. The easterly wind builds as promised and what ensues is a perfect crossing to Cuming Inlet on Devon Island. Full main and gennaker. In the evening we turn into Cuming Inlet, drop sails, and motor the final 6 miles up the inlet to the anchorage.

Cuming Inlet can be described as a Grand Canyon at the ocean. The dimensions are staggering. What seems to be a km away actually is 4 km away. The walls left and right rise 600 meters from the water. wow. We drop anchor and fall to beds. In the middle of night Coro Coro joins the anchorage but I only notice them the next morning.Read more