Its awesome when you can engage with nature like that. Reminds me of the time we were in the Bay of Islands off Roberton Island and came across a massive school of dolphins, including young ones with their mothers...had them playing in our boats bow wave, set the boat to autopilot and went around to the bow and leaned over and I could almost touch them...Just the other day I was thinking that the Sands at Browns Bay would be an awesome village right on the beach for those wanting to keep enjoying nautical activities in their retirement. A photo says a thousand words http://nzx-prod-s7fsd7f98s.s3-websit...503/315683.pdf
That's got to be the best village in all of Auckland for that sort of thing.