Balvenie is a 47ft cutter rigged sloop, designed by Des Townson and built in New Zealand in 1991.  We (Mark and Amanda) left New Zealand in May 2004 to circumnavigate the world in what we thought would take about 5 years.  12 and a half years later we have arrived back in New Zealand, circumnavigation done  Back out cruising in Northland then heading towards Auckland until March 2018, bring on the good weather ☺☺