67-year-old grandmother starts solo non-stop circumnavigation today

12:39 AM Mon 25 Oct 2010 GMT

'Jeanne Socrates - starts today' .

Today is the day for Jeanne Socrates, 67-year-old grandmother, to begin her solo non-stop circumnavigation. She's been held up by the weather for a few days, but today she is to be towed to her start line at Canada's Victoria Harbour entrance to be ready to sail away around 4pm local time. Her attempt is being recorded by the World Speed Sailing Record Council, and for that she carries a 'black box' to record her attempt. She says today she is expecting west wind over strong (Springs) ebb tide from Race Rock westward, so will have rough water, but a ...

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by Nancy Knudsen