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N JULY 8, 2013, THREE WEEKS shy of her 71st birthday, Jean Socrates, a retired British math-
ematics university professor crossed the nish line and completed a nonstop solo journey around the world in her 38-foot sailboat, SV Nereida. Jean left Victoria, British Columbia, and 10 months later returned without ever touching land during the entire 27,000-mile nonstop journey.
Two weeks later her boat was tied up at our island dock and she was sitting on our porch telling some of our neighbors and friends about this remarkable achieve- ment as we celebrated her birthday together. Most of them could not believe that this woman could accomplish such a trip.
This was her fourth attempt at such a long journey. On the rst trip her husband developed prostate cancer and they ew back to London, where she unfortunately lost him. Jean’s second solo attempt to circle the world ended 60 miles short of completing the voyage when the boat’s self-steering gear malfunctioned in the middle of the night and she ran into a sand bar.
Jean then returned to England and then to Sweden where she out tted a new 38-foot sailboat and set out on the same journey once again.
On her third attempt, again alone, some of her rigging on her boat was torn away and her boom was broken. How- ever, she was able to make it to Ush- uaia for some repairs then to the Falk- lands for more and nally then, limped to Cape Town, South Africa to complete the repairs and return to the west coast of North America.
Last October, she set o from Victo- ria, British Columbia, to try it once again. She sailed down the west coast in October 2012. The journey then continued south to Cape Horn and then east to the Cape of Good Hope and then east below Aus- tralia and Tasmania then up between New Zealand and Australia. From South Africa to Tasmania she had to stay far to
same time, avoid the Antarctic icebergs
drifting north that were more prevalent
this particular trip. Then she continued north through the Paci c.
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When asked if she had a message for
anyone else who is a senior citizen, she
said simply “This day is the only one of
this date you will everBhyaveasdodyoruebsestitnerg severe streambank erosion and enjoy it to its fullest.”
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you have to ask that question, you will not understand the answer.”
Actually, she had Tao lmeaurcnhmobrettaebrout answer: she did it to raise awareness
and money for the Marie Cure Cancer/
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This column was originally published in 2013.
care and help people stay in their homes instead of a hospital during their nal days. Go to her website: svnereida.com to learn more about her.

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