Hear the Ocean Sing

Part Three of a Cruising Memoir

By: Jan Mitchell

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Paperback | 16 April 2019

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268 Pages

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In Hear the Ocean Sing, the final volume of Jan Mitchell’s cruising memoirs, she takes the reader to sea with her and husband Ian. Despite experiencing a dismasting, they also wonder at the beauties of the ocean, its creatures and the pristine wildernesses they visit. They sail to remote places most people will never visit, like Bathurst Harbour in Tasmania and Stewart Island in southern New Zealand, showing what can be achieved by ordinary people who have the determination and persistence to follow their dreams. Jan also documents her observations of changes in the oceans over the past forty years. She notes the decline in fish numbers and seabird populations as well as changes in ocean currents, leading to increases in water temperature – all effects of climate change.

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Hear the Ocean Sing’ begins in 2000 with the purchase of the steel Libelle and the sale of Realitas. The forty-foot Libelle proved too big for their short-handed crew. It, too, was sold and in 2004, they purchased a Baker-built Brolga 33, Osprey A. No longer having the responsibilities of children, Ian and Jan were looking towards some more trans-ocean voyages. Jan shows what can be achieved by ordinary people who have the determination and persistence to follow their dreams. She takes us to remote places most people will never visit like Bathurst Harbour in Tasmania and Stewart Island in southern New Zealand.

Jan writes in a straightforward easy to read manner, yet the imagery she creates with her words transports you with her and closing your eyes you can even feel the motion as Osprey A moves with the wind and waves. Personally, I found Jan and Ian’s sailing chronicle immensely interesting and like all the best books, hard to put down. Bruce Walker. (Sailor and book reviewer for Cruising Helmsman.)

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