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Jeanne Socrates (born 17 August 1942) is a British yachtswoman. She is from
Jeanne Socrates on S/V Nereida
Living people British female sailors (sport) Single-handed circumnavigating sailors Blue Water Medal recipients 1942 births {{UK-yachtracing-bio-stub
Jeanne Socrates (born 17 August 1942) is a British yachtswoman. She is from Lymington
Lymington is a port town on the west bank of the Lymington River on the Solent, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. It faces Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, to which there is a car ferry service operated by Wightlink. It is within the ...
. She holds the record as the oldest female to have circumnavigated the world single-handed, and she is the only woman to have circumnavigated solo nonstop from North America. She was awarded the Cruising Club of America The Cruising Club of America (CCA) is an international organization of cruisers whose objects are to promote cruising and racing by amateurs, to encourage the development of suitable types of cruising craft, to stimulate interest in seamanship, navi ...
's Blue Water Medal
The Blue Water Medal is an honor awarded annually by the Cruising Club of America for a remarkable sailing feat. The first award was issued in 1923.
Winners
*Webb Chiles (2017)
*Michael J Johnson (2016)
*Tom and Vicky Jackson (2015)
* Skip Novak ...
and the Royal Cruising Club
The Royal Cruising Club (RCC) is a British yacht club founded in London in 1880 to support leisure sailing. It is most widely known for the series of pilotage books produces under the auspices of the Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation, a ...
Medal for Seamanship in 2013.
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.
On 3 October 2018, Socrates started on her latest attempt to circumnavigate the world singlehandedly, and was the oldest person ever to solo circumnavigate non-stop when she completed her voyage on 7 September 2019. On 22 February 2020 she lost this record when the 81-year-old Bill Hatfield completed his solo non-stop circumnavigation, but because Hatfield did not pass south of New Zealand
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or Tasmania
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, Socrates remains the oldest person to have sailed round the world "singlehandedly, unassisted and non-stop via the Five Great Capes".
In November 2019 the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority The Greater Victoria Harbour Authority (GVHA) is a not-for-profit organization operating in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It was created in 2002 to own and operate several marine and upland properties in Victoria Harbour on their divestiture ...
in Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
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, British Columbia
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, Canada, named the inner harbour commercial dock in Victoria Harbour
Victoria Harbour is a natural landform harbour in Hong Kong separating Hong Kong Island in the south from the Kowloon Peninsula to the north. The harbour's deep, sheltered waters and strategic location on South China Sea were instrumental i ...
, 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.
References
External links
Jeanne Socrates on S/V Nereida
Living people British female sailors (sport) Single-handed circumnavigating sailors Blue Water Medal recipients 1942 births {{UK-yachtracing-bio-stub