At dawn the next morning, only one of the English frigates was seen.* It was anchored on the bar.* This encouraged Don Juan Fandiño, Don Francisco del Castillo and the pilot Don Domingo de la Cruz.* They formed a plan to surprise the one that remained in sight.* Full of excitement, they laid the plan before Montiano for his permission to proceed.* They were completely confident they could surround the lone frigate and get it to surrender.* They said the remaining frigate only had 18 or 20 cannons.* The plan was to fully arm the six schooners and two barges.* They would wait till nightfall, then 50 cavalry and three officers would sail out in the six schooners and the two barges to confront the frigate.* Surrounded by Spanish vessels, the frigate would easily give up and allow them to come aboard and arrest them.* It felt hasty to Montiano.* He had not seen for himself that the frigate was alone out there, nor how many guns it had.* But there was no time for him to find out.* The captains and the pilot were so excited by the good luck of the other ships being away that they did not want to miss the opportunity to take advantage of it.* Their confidence swayed Montiano, but he approved their plan only with the stipulation that they would not blame him if it failed.* After dark, the men assembled to board the ships.* Don Juan Fandino gave orders for each man's duties in an honorable retreat should it come to that.* All of the officers wanted to be the first person to board the conquered enemy ship.* Just then, the lighthouse keeper on Anastasia Island came into town with news.* At dusk, he had seen a bilander to the north.* The schooner captains decided to wait till dawn to make their move.*