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Aug 17, 1942 81 years old
British yachtswoman
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About Jeanne Socrates
- Jeanne Socrates (born 17 August 1942) is a British yachtswoman.
- She is from Lymington.
- 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 N.
- America.
- She was awarded the Cruising Club of America's Blue Water Medal 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, currently held by Japanese Minoru Saito who sailed round the world in 2005 aged 71.On 3 October 2018, Socrates started on her latest attempt to circumnavigate the world singlehandedly.On Saturday 7 September 2019, Socrates successfully completed her attempt to become the oldest person ever to solo circumnavigate non-stop.
