High slack tide is at 0736 hrs at Clement Rapids, inside the entrance to Cornwall Inlet, so we’re up at 0500 hrs.  It’s raining, but visibility isn’t too bad.  We made good time and arrived at Clement Rapids in time to check the current to confirm that our calculations are accurate.  Slack can be anywhere from 1 hour, 30 minutes, to 2 hours 15 minutes after slack at Prince Rupert, which is pretty loosey goosey.  We could still see current running in along the shoreline in places, so we waited until the current slowed a bit more before heading through.  By now, we had plenty of water under us, and about 2 knots of current going with us — piece of cake.

As always, there were no boats in Cornwall.  A short distance inside Clement Rapids you have a choice of heading up Cornwall Inlet, or Drake Inlet. We headed for Cornwall, where we would anchor for the night.  It’s almost 5 miles from Clement Rapids to the head of Cornwall Inlet. It’s still raining hard, so I won’t be able to launch my kayak until tomorrow.