Snake!

From Man-O-War, we crossed the Sea of Abaco to the Angel Cays. A group uninhabited cays off the east coast of Great Abacos. They have some unlikely names for Angel Cays--we anchored between Snake and Cormorant Cays. Deep Sea Cay lies to the south and between the Cays and mainland Abaco are tidal flats with warm water that's good for bonefishing.

Snake Cay was once a busy community, the port for a logging operation run by Owens-Illinois Corporation back in the 60's. When that dried up, the community was abandoned. Now all that's left are ruins. When we explored the area by dinghy, we discoverd that the shore of Snake Cay is littered with huge pieces of rusting equipment and tanks. We were saddened by the waste of resources, both natural and man-made, but that seems to be the way of things here.

The spot was a tranquil anchorage for a night, although after dark, we saw a huge fire just behind the casaurinas and wondered what had happened. We planned to go ashore the next day to investigate, but the weather had other plans, so we left and sailed north to Marsh Harbor to see what the next cold front would bring.

Just as I was about to pull up the anchor to head out, I looked down into the clear water and saw that a starfish was napping on top of it. With apologies, I took his picture and hoisted the hook!