After an overnight at the Sandspit Marina to stock up on toilet paper from the nearby marine store as well as to top our batteries off without running the engine due to a bunch of overcast days in a row, we headed to a protected anchorage just north of Gwaii Haanas. With a day until our permit to enter the park and nasty weather forecast for that day, we decided to stage up in Thurston Harbour (52°50’29″N 131°44’48″W) and wait out the bad weather. This did mean we were unable to stop to go ashore at the northmost Haida Watchman site, Ḵ’uuna Llnagaay (Skedans), but we motored past it to see what we could from the water.