Jeanne Socrates, Date of Birth

Jeanne Socrates

British yachtswoman

Date of Birth: 17-Aug-1942

Profession: sailor, single-handed sailing

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Jeanne Socrates (born 17 August 1942) is a British yachtswoman.
She is from Lymington.
She holds the record as the oldest female to have circumnavigated the world single-handed, and she is the only woman to have circumnavigated solo nonstop from N.
America.
She was awarded the Cruising Club of America's Blue Water Medal in 2013.On 28 September 2017, after major injuries due to a fall from a ladder while working on her yacht Nereida, a 38-foot Najad 380, she postponed a planned attempt to gain the record as the oldest circumnavigator of either sex, currently held by Japanese Minoru Saito who sailed round the world in 2005 aged 71.On 3 October 2018, Socrates started on her latest attempt to circumnavigate the world singlehandedly.On Saturday 7 September 2019, Socrates successfully completed her attempt to become the oldest person ever to solo circumnavigate non-stop.