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Jeanne Socrates

Jeanne Socrates (born 17 August 1942) is a British yachtswoman.[1] She is from Lymington. She holds the record as the oldest female to have circumnavigated the world single-handed,[2] and she is the only woman to have circumnavigated solo nonstop from North America.[3] She was awarded the Cruising Club of America's Blue Water Medal[4] and the Royal Cruising Club Medal for Seamanship in 2013.[5] In 2013, she was awarded the Ocean Cruising Club's premier award, the Barton Cup, and was elected Honorary Member of the OCC in 2020.[6]

On 28 September 2017, after major injuries due to a fall from a ladder while working on her yacht Nereida, a 38-foot Najad 380, she postponed a planned attempt to gain the record as the oldest circumnavigator of either sex, then held by Japanese Minoru Saitō who sailed round the world in 2005 at the age of 71.[7]

On 3 October 2018, Socrates started on her latest attempt to circumnavigate the world singlehandedly,[8] and was the oldest person ever to solo circumnavigate non-stop when she completed her voyage on 7 September 2019.[9] On 22 February 2020 she lost this record when the 81-year-old Bill Hatfield completed his solo non-stop circumnavigation,[10] but because Hatfield did not pass south of New Zealand or Tasmania, Socrates remains the oldest person to have sailed round the world "singlehandedly, unassisted and non-stop via the Five Great Capes".[11][12]

In November 2019 the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, named the inner harbour commercial dock in Victoria Harbour, which typically handles a million visitors a year, as the "Jeanne Socrates Dock" in honour of her circumnavigation, which departed and arrived at that harbour.[13][14]

References

  1. ^ Copeland, Lisa (29 November 2010). "Shipwreck, Recovery, Inspiration". Cruising World. Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  2. ^ Knudsen, Nancy (9 July 2013). "Sailor Jeanne Socrates, world's oldest non-stop female circumnavigator". Sail-World. Archived from the original on 15 April 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  3. ^ Loibner, Dieter (30 January 2014). "Iron Woman". Soundings Online. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  4. ^ "2013 Blue Water Medal to Jeanne Socrates". Cruising Club of America. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  5. ^ "RCC Open Awards - Previous Prizewinners". www.rcc.org.uk. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Honorary Members". www.oceancruisingclub.org. Ocean Cruising Club. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  7. ^ Stickland, Katy (2 October 2017). "Jeanne Socrates forced to abandon record attempt after a fall". Yachting and Boating World. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  8. ^ Bell, Jeff (30 September 2018). "Solo sailor, 76, ready for another attempt at round-the-world journey". Times Colonist. Archived from the original on 17 February 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  9. ^ Kelly, Alanna (7 September 2019). "Victoria woman claims solo sailing record". CTV News. Archived from the original on 8 September 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Oldest person to sail around the world (solo and non-stop)". Guinness World Records. 22 February 2020. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  11. ^ Stickland, Katy (17 May 2020). "Jeanne Socrates: 77 & solo non-stop around the world". Yachting Monthly. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  12. ^ "The good, the incredible, and the brilliant - Bill Hatfield and Jeanne Socrates". www.sailworldcruising.com. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  13. ^ "Inner Harbour dock named after Victoria sailor Jeanne Socrates". CHEK. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  14. ^ "Victoria dock named in honour of round-the-world sailor Jeanne Socrates". Victoria Times Colonist. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2022.


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