Home is the sailor, home from the seas

Home is sailor Jeanne Socrates, home from the sea, well, all of the seas that lie in a circumnavigation of the world.

And not just home, but back with the two goals she pursued, to be the oldest woman sailing alone

around the world, and the first woman to sail solo non-stop unassisted around the world from North America.

Actually, she has achieved more – she’s the oldest human of either gender to become a singlehanded Cape Horner.

On dry land

She’s back on dry land, but not quite home yet for now it appears that she actually comes from UK, and not Canada - Lymington in Hampshire, apparently.

And yet, in spite of that Herculean achievement, she must be one of the least heralded ocean record-holders, which is extraordinarily emphasised by the BBC, which pushed her outstanding victory down to provincial news, and announced that extraordinary achievement to Hampshire and Isle of Wight readers.
Continues on the blogs for my ocean adventuring book, Sailing to Purgatory, at

  http://sailingtopurgatory.com/index.php/feeds/440-home-is-the-sailor-home-from-the-seas