{"product_id":"two-in-a-top-hat-book-jan-mitchell-9780648497615","title":"Two in a Top Hat","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn February 1974, Jan and Ian Mitchell, cruising novices, set off to circumnavigate the world in their Top Hat 25 foot yacht, \u003cem\u003eCaprice\u003c\/em\u003e. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIan 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53035108991249,"sku":"NIN9780648497615","price":20.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780648497615.jpg?v=1768746124","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/two-in-a-top-hat-book-jan-mitchell-9780648497615","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}