Jeanne Socrates in knockdown near Cape Horn

9:10 PM Thu 6 Jan 2011 GMT

'Jeanne Socrates' .

One of the world's most adventurous sailors, 67-year-old Jeanne Socrates, on her third attempt to solo sail a circumnavigation, has been knocked down while trying to round Cape Horn, and it could be the end of her circumnavigation non-stop and unassisted. All was going well on her Najad 38, Nereida, until the wind increased from 35 knots to 70 knots and the seas up to six metres. Her blog on the 6th January said 'Very busy conditions at this time' but the next word was from from Falmouth Coastguard who had received notification that she had suffered a knock down. ...

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