Our plan today was to visit S'Gaang Gwaii (aka, Ninstints) on Anthony Island, and, as the forecast was favorable, we collected our crew ashore and slipped our mooring lines by 11:35. After proceeding west through Rose Harbour, we turned south into Houston Stewart Channel. As we neared Ninstiints Point at the south end of Moresby Island, the wind rose steadily to NW 25 - 30. At about 13:30, we anchored in the lee on the SE side of Anthony Island and contacted the First Nations watchmen at S'Gaang Gwaii to request permission to come ashore for a visit. They advised that access to the island was only allowed via a small bay on the NW side of the island. So, we motored around the north end of the island toward this bay. As we rounded the north end of the island, we fell in behind a tour boat, "????", headed the same way; they had been into this bay before and invited us to follow them end. As we rounded the north end of the island, we were no longer protected from the large Pacific swells that were rolling in from Japan. The crew were very impressed when the boat about 200 feet in front of us rode up and then completely disappeared behind a swell; they reappeared of course as we gently rode up to the crest of that swell. This gentle, but large motion continued as we followed the rock-strewn course to the NW bay. We all got into the bay without incident and got the anchors down by 16:00. However, although the anchors appeared to be holding, neither John nor I were happy about leaving the boats unattended in this relatively open anchorage, with the winds now gusting up to 30 knots. Although we encouraged the Admirals and crew to go ashore in the dinghies to enjoy a visit, they declined. After a few minutes of discussion, we hauled anchors and pulled out of Anthony Island and made our way up Louscoone Inlet to a secure anchorage behind a couple of islands between Etches and Cadman Points. We were settled into the anchorage by 18:00.

52-10.13'N, 131-12.95'W; Log = 16.8 N-m, Sum = 569.2