The white Anglo residents of Man o War Cay are a taciturn bunch, rarely proffering a wave or a smile or a hello as they drive by in their golf carts. But they do make beautiful boats in their neat as a pin boatyards. And people entrust their boats from far and wide for maintenance and repair so it is a prosperous community by Bahamian standards.

No diving at Fowl Cay today. The NE swell was still crashing over the barrier reef despite the mild west breeze.