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Can family life incorporate a cruising lifestyle? Round the world sailors, Jan and Ian Mitchell (see Two in a Top Hat) gave it their best efforts with sons Jamie and David. They attempted to mitigate the stresses of city living by taking their family cruising as often as possible. Jan reveals the highs and lows of their struggle to keep their family together and retain ownership of Realitas, the 32' cruising yacht which maintained their dream of cruising the oceans.