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Alison Walker

The Refit Begins

After a beautiful summer of sunshine and sailing, winter has arrived with a vengeance. Janice of Wyoming is staying in NZ for …

Millennium Cup 2015

The Millennium Cup’s new venue in the Bay of Islands as part of Bay of Islands Sailing Week held the promise of …

Its Racing Time!

Apologies for the lack of updates, it has been a long NZ winter with plenty of time spent in the shipyard. But, …

The Beautiful Far North

Our summer cruise continues with a trip to the Far North. We left Auckland in 35kts of wind, motoring up to Kawau …

Cruising Again

After a yard period in Gulf Harbour JOW is out cruising again with newly sanded decks, new water heaters and re-sealed deck …

Back in Aotearoa

Janice of Wyoming has arrived back in the Viaduct Marina, Auckland after a 6 month, 14,000nm trip to San Francisco via Tahiti …

On Our Way Home

After the heart breaking disappointment of Emirates Team New Zealand’s loss in the America’s Cup, we packed up and started the journey …

Welcome to San Francisco

The flying fish got fewer, the nights colder, the ocean greyer and an albatross accompanied us for 6 days as we sailed …

Aloha!

After 2,310nm, on our 9th night at sea the bright white flash of a lighthouse appeared on the horizon, confirmation of the 4000m …

Ia Orana Tahiti

JOW is safely tied up, stern-to in Marina Taina, Papeete. We left Auckland on 20th May, 8 days 17hrs (2256nm) later we …