{"id":1051,"date":"2019-12-17T16:51:39","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T16:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2020-01-18T20:52:02","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T20:52:02","slug":"jeanne-socrates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/17\/jeanne-socrates\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeanne Socrates"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jeanne Socrates, has been a part of the Unorganized Sail Sport clan, who play by their own rules and set their own goals on the water.   Jeanne now holds the oldest person\u2019 record for nonstop, east-about, unassisted circumnavigation.  But she is also cheered on and supported by many people, including co-members of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Royal Victoria Yacht Club (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rvyc.bc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Royal Victoria Yacht Club<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Royal Lymington Yacht Club (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/rlymyc.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Royal Lymington Yacht Club<\/a>\u00a0and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Cruising Club of America (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/cruisingclub.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cruising Club of America<\/a>.  The photo above is of Jeanne receiving the a Special Recognition Award from Bill, Commodore of Cruising Club of America, presented at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"St. Francis Yacht Club (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stfyc.com\" target=\"_blank\">St. Francis Yacht Club<\/a> for her 4th Circumnavigation.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"420\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/156-sail-sport-talk-with-karen-43716747\/episode\/sail-sport-talk-december-17-54170730\/?embed=true\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She started sailing at age 48 and nine years later, after RYA yachting courses in the United Kingdom, on lasers and big boats, decided 7 years into sailing that she wanted to retire and co-skipper with her husband on their Najad 361.   They crossed the\u00a0Atlantic in\u00a0 late 1999, and cruised Caribbean, Bahamas, Bermuda and East coast of US and Canada \u2013 up as far as Baddeck, Nova Scotia and (ICW from Virginia) down to Miami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Jeanne\u2019s husband died of cancer in 2003 (after diagnosed in Grenada in 2001) she continued her adventures single-handed.   She sailed from Bonaire to Ft Lauderdale via Cartagena,\u00a0 Panama, Roatan,\u00a0 \u00a0Belize, Florida Keys and\u00a0 shipped to Vancouver.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She then sailed Pacific NW and to Alaska, California and Mexico several times, competing in the Single-Handed TransPac in 2006 \u2013 her first major (3 wk) solo ocean passage\u2026.First circumnavigation was 2007-8 from Mexico, cruising westabout to Polynesia \u2013 Australia-S.Africa-Brazil-Panama-Mexico \u2013 where she lost her boat on surf beach, 19June2008, 60 miles short of completion in Zihuatanejo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2016, she sailed that last leg from Acapulco to \u2018complete\u2019 that round trip!) In new new boat \u2018Nereida\u2019 (a Najad 380).  She tried several times for nonstop unassisted solo circumnavigation \u2013\u00a02010-2012 \u2013 circumnavigated via Five Great Capes (with repair stops) after bad knockdown nearing Cape Horn2012-2013\u00a0 Succeeded in first NONstop, unassisted RTW \u2013 via named Great Capes and Tasmania \u2013 became \u2018oldest woman\u2019 to do so (and first woman to do so nonstop and unassisted from N.America) 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She started a fresh attempt but big storm off Oregon caused damage so returned to port \u2013 left again in November,  but had to pull in to San Diego for repairs.  2017 \u2013 1 week before planned departure, she fell onto hard times and was badly injured, so\u00a0she postponed to 2018-2019 \u2013 successfully completed nonstop unassisted RTW via all Five Gt Capes despite many weather-related and gear problems.  It took 11 months instead of expected 7 months!\u00a0 Now she holds \u2018oldest person\u2019 record for nonstop, east-about, unassisted circumnavigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sail Sport Talk is an audio and multi-media broadcast on 10 platforms to 82 million people in 168 countries through Sports Byline USA. Tune in locations are\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/live-broadcasts-podcasts\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sail Sport Talk with Karen Lile is aired inside the Rick Tittle Show every Tuesday morning Pacific Daylight Time at 9:37 sometimes beginning earlier with additional interviews. Rebroadcast happens at 15:37pm PDT and a Podcast is added to iheart radio approx 7-10 days afterwards.<\/em>\u00a0Tune in to Sail Sport Talk with Karen Lile on 10 different platforms.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeanne Socrates, has been a part of the Unorganized Sail Sport clan, who play by their own rules and set their own goals on the water. Jeanne now holds the oldest person\u2019 record for nonstop, east-about, unassisted circumnavigation. But she is also cheered on and supported by many people, including co-members of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, Royal Lymington Yacht Club\u00a0and Cruising Club of America. The photo above is of Jeanne receiving the a Special Recognition Award from Bill, Commodore of Cruising Club of America, presented at St. Francis Yacht Club for her 4th Circumnavigation. 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