Getting ready

  Today was a sunny and less windy day. We went for a short swim. There were a half dozen jelly fish, one of which stung me a little. I could see dozens of star fish on the bottom.
  After we picked up all the last minute supplies, we drove out to the Mana Marina. This is where we will be getting on the boat in the middle of the night and we wanted to be sure we could find it. A short distance away, there was a lookout spot with a tremendous view across the Cook Strait of the South Island.