Wednesday

Wednesday

Today was what we came here for,  up early 8:45 sailing by 9:45, out  into the bay and straight offshore, I think Beth was trying to loose sight of NZ.  Two metre seas nice breeze, warm, finally turned around, the mate made lunch on the way in, he doesn't get seasick, nearing shore we saw two tour boats and realized there were dolphins swimming with them so we hardened up and sailed between them with dolphins on both sides of us.  I'm sure Flipper was one of them.  Stopped in Russell for supplies, food and booze, we were having a beer while the guy at the cafe charged Beth's Ipad for free and we met a very nice couple Peter and Claire, and their two kids Benedict and a daughter whose name escapes me I'm sorry, but it starts with A, from the UK who had emigrated to NZ about fifteen years ago.   They had considered Canada, but I think they made the right choice, it sure is nice here.  We left Russell and motored out to a beautiful bay where we are spending the night.  It's absolutely stunning this evening, warm sun calm, the galley slave is doing her thing and probably using every dish on the boat to keep me on my toes with the dishes.  There was also a huge ship here anchored off of Russell just like the one we were on full of terrorists.