Two in a Top Hat

<p>In February 1974 Jan and Ian Mitchell cruising novices set off to circumnavigate the world in their Top Hat 25 foot yacht <em>Caprice</em>. Many adventures later they returned to Sydney in November 1977 with two-year-old Jamie (born in Durban South Africa) and Jan pregnant with their second son. Four and a half months later David was born.</p><p>Ian looked after the children while Jan wrote articles for yachting magazines. She also wrote the cover story for an August edition of Women’s Day. This book contains a compilation of those fourteen articles plus one from Ian about their shakedown voyage published in Australian Sailing. Jan has added many more photographs of their trip and a history of the Top Hats.</p><p>The Mitchells write about seasickness gales learning to navigate coping with strong currents repairing a rigging failure at sea friendships with others in the cruising community the joys of tropical islands and more.</p><p>These articles were widely read in 1978 and inspired many would-be sailors to buy a boat. Some set out to sail the world. We hope their story will inspire you too.</p>