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Jeanne Socrates – Record Setting Circumnavigator

by Captain Alec Provan 2019

The breakwater at Ogden Point at the outer harbour of Victoria in September 2019. (Photo from the Captain Alec Provan collection.)

I went to the breakwater at the outer harbour of Victoria BC to witness the arrival home of Jeanne Socrates in her sailing yacht Nereida. A crowd of people made the trek out to the end of the breakwater to welcome her return to Victoria after her record–setting single–handed circumnavigation in which she became the oldest person ever to make a non–stop unassisted single–handed circumnavigation.

In 2013 she had already attained a Guinness World Record when she completed a similar circumnavigation becoming the oldest woman to do so.

The Nereida at the end of the voyage in Victoria. (Photo from the Captain Alec Provan collection.)

Her entry into the harbour was excruciatingly slow due to the light airs that occurred that day, delaying her arrival. A fleet of well–wishers accompanied her into the harbour.

The Nereida at the end of the voyage in Victoria. (Photo from the Captain Alec Provan collection.)

As her vessel Nereida drew near I was able to photograph it. It appeared to have weathered the voyage in relatively good shape.

The Nereida at the end of the voyage in Victoria. (Photo from the Captain Alec Provan collection.)

The Nereida at the end of the voyage in Victoria. (Photo from the Captain Alec Provan collection.)

The Nereida at the end of the voyage in Victoria. (Photo from the Captain Alec Provan collection.)

Jeanne Socrates, looking happy but tired, the end of the voyage in Victoria. (Photo from the Captain Alec Provan collection.)

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Captain Alec Provan (2019) Jeanne Socrates – Record Setting Circumnavigator. Nauticapedia.ca 2019. http://nauticapedia.ca/Gallery/Socrates.php

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