Sailing a Solo Nonstop Circumnavigation compared to Cruising
Jeanne Socrates | Published on 2/1/2025
Currently on her 5th solo circumnavigation around the globe and exploring Tasmania, this time cruising mode. Jeanne born 17 August 1942 is a British yachtswoman who holds the record as the oldest person (of either sex) to have circumnavigated the world single-handedly, nonstop & unassisted via the Southern Ocean’s Five Southernmost Capes. Also has twice been the only woman to have completed solo global circumnavigations, nonstop, unassisted from North America.
She has been awarded
• the Cruising Club of America's Blue Water Medal,
• the Royal Cruising Club’s Medal for Seamanship,
• the Ocean Cruising Club’s Barton Cup,
• the Cruising Association’s Duchess of Kent Trophy (twice),
• inducted into the Cape Horn Hall of Fame in Les Sables d’Olonne, France, and
• Honorary Member of the OCC and the Royal Lymington Y.C.
Her talk compared the differences in boat set up, navigation and life onboard as a cruiser versus nonstop circumnavigations.