Alison Kent

Alison, 35, originally from Wisconsin, USA, has grown up racing both dinghy and keelboats on Lake Michigan. There, she sailed multiple Chicago-Mackinac races, Queen’s Cups, and other offshore races. She was also involved in college sailing at the University of Minnesota. Alison moved to Auckland, New Zealand after graduating university and works as a sailmaker at Doyle Sails. Her sailing in New Zealand has taken her all over the world – she is bow on the New Zealand Women’s Match Race Team, trims main on a local sport boat, completed a Sydney Hobart and Hamilton Island Race Week. She also enjoys teaching the local Green Fleet Optis Alison is delighted to be a part of the Maiden Factor – not only in the sailing sense – but to be involved in making a difference for girls around the world. She thinks that supporting education; promoting and empowering women and girls and sailing around the world is the most exciting combination of fulfilling exercises there is!