Jeanne Socrates Sailing the World Solo

The life of a solo sailor is full of variety - sailing the oceans, making landfall, exploring new places and needing to deal with major challenges and breakages that occur, in order to get to a planned journey's end. Rigid thinking has no part in a sailor's life.
Sailing the world nonstop and unassisted means with no help, no setting foot on land and no use of engine - under sail alone all the way.
Just the ocean in view, with amazing cloudscapes & frequent big waves.
Rounding all Five Great Capes of the Southern Ocean, often in stormy weather
Meeting people, often in remote places, and experiencing varied cultures.
Four and a half times single-handed around the world in 'Nereida' - twice nonstop unassisted and twice via all Five Great Capes of the Southern Ocean.
Only woman to have circumnavigated the world solo nonstop from North America (twice).
Guinness World Record; CCA Blue Water Medal and Special Award; CA Duchess of Kent Trophy (twice); OCC Barton Cup; RCC Seamanship Medal.