This is just a couple of miles north of Green Turtle Cay. There were 12 boats anchored in this ’secluded’ harbor last night. The harbor is so large we are 300 yards from the nearest boat.

We did some dinghy touring yesterday to get the lay of the land. Today we did some maintenance early and went to the flats at low tide. Alois found a conch which we will clean for dinner and I hooked a bone fish but lost him. That spooked the rest of them. Oh well. I found another group and could get them to follow the fly but not take it. Wrong fly I guess. Alois irritated the star fish in the water by picking them up and looking at them. They are all at least 12 inches across and all different orangey red colors. Some have really yellow areas on top of their "legs", some are wrinkled and the smallest one was very dark brown. They didn’t appreciate being picked up. They waved their little sucker feet at me. We also saw three small (3") sharks on the flats. We will go to the beach this afternoon and explore. One of the other cruisers told us about a path through the woods to an ocean beach which is worth doing. The lady who owns the property invites cruisers to use her path and enjoy her gardens. Suits me greatly!