Brilliant 'oldie' Jeanne is nearly there

Circumnavigator Jeanne Socrates, no spring chicken at 77, is almost back at her departure port after sailing round the world via notorious Cape Horn and the Southern Ocean.

The determined lady left Victoria, British Columbia, in the beginning of last October.

That means she has been at sea - alone - for 333 days.

Stunning

Considering the number of other humans most of us see each day, it is stunning to realise that for 33 days, she has not seen another human.

Of course, there was that pause in Timaru Harbour in New Zealand, but showing more of her enormously strong willpower, Jeanne declined all invitations to go ashore.

Instead, she carried out necessary repairs herself, and returned to the sea.

In her log today, she wrote, 'Hazy sky with lots of stars visible and a chilly feel to the air…. Continues on the blogs for my adventure book, Sailing to Purgatory at

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