Instead, they took a leisurely cruise to the Bay of Islands. Returning to Auckland they booked Janet in for a thorough overhaul at W.G. Lowe & Son’s yard at Beaumont Street to make a good start for the 1935 season.
On January 19, 1935 Akarana ran its second Balokovic Cup race. The first race, in January 1932, was over a tough 180-mile course from Auckland, around Sail Rock, outside Great Barrier, around Cuvier and back, which showed the superiority of Harold George and his rugged yacht Victory. Victory was the only entry in 1933 and 1934 so the races were abandoned.
With the chance of an easterly blow the race was too tough for the smaller keel yachts and mullet boats. Akarana now reduced the course to 84 miles, from start to Canoe Rock, Channel Island and back. The club also provided separate races around in the shorter event but came in last in a field of four with and .
