Jeanne Socrates was 76 when she set sail alone from Victoria, British Columbia, in October 2018, on her 38′ yacht Nereida. She returned to Victoria 339 days later, then 77, having sailed singlehanded non-stop around world, becoming the oldest sailor to do so. On a previous circumnavigation, she also set a record as the only woman to have circumnavigated solo nonstop from North America.
Last November, her home port honored Jeanne Socrates by naming the dock in Victoria’s Inner Harbor where Nereida is berthed in her honor. A plaque now identifies the commercial dock as the Jeanne Socrates Dock.
Last week the city also installed a bronze plaque in her honor on Victoria’s Wall of History overlooking the Inner Harbour, to commemorate her epic voyages.
Congratulations, Jeanne. Well deserved.
Feeling very honoured on being sent this photo from Canada – the plaque was installed on Thursday on Victoria's Wall of History overlooking the Inner Harbour – where Nereida is docked, awaiting my return.
Posted by Jeanne Socrates on Sunday, June 7, 2020
Old sailors get to be old sailors by being good sailors. A record-setter –and now she has a plaque and a dock named for her. Sail on, Jeanne!
Having followed her reports on her last circumnavigation with great interest it is great to read that her wonderful accomplishment has been commemorated in this way so that future generations will be made aware of her adventures.
Hopefully, when she has finished using the yacht it can be preserved in a maritime museum.