asking under a bright tropical sun on the western edge of the Great Bahama Bank lies a tiny t-shaped dot of gleaming sand and coral that brings to a glittering reality the dream of an island paradise.  It is the enduring Caribbean romance of pirates attacking Spanish galleons en route to Cuba, the PT boats seeking shelter in WWII, and finally a portly millionaire from New York who would proclaim this island a paradise and start the private enclave that is Cat Cay Today.  Whatever the era, the singular beauty and the captivating magic that tropical islands evoke have always framed the story of Cat Cay.

Many have felt that Christopher Columbus eliminated the need for eulogy when he wrote of the Bahamas with flat finality:

“ This land surpasses all others.”