Al’s getting anxious to get the boat hauled out so that we can assess the damage resulting from hitting whatever it was at Monckton.  It’s obvious that the port prop has some bent blades, but we won’t know if that’s all the damage until we haul out.  So, since the seas are calm this afternoon, we decided to head for Home Bay, just a couple of hours north of here, where we’ll spend the night.  That way tomorrow’s run to Khutze Inlet won’t be so long. 

We’d never anchored in Home Bay before, but Don Douglass’ cruising guide made it sound like a reasonable place to spend the night in settled weather.  Well, there was zero wind, and yet the swell that was rolling into the bay made it very uncomfortable.  Unfortunately, there were no reasonable options this late in the day.  We were stuck for the night.