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New non-stop solo global sail attempt: a grandmother who won't give up

8:51 PM Mon 27 Sep 2010 GMT

'Jeanne Socrates' .

She's the sailor who just won't give up. British grandmother Jeanne Socrates is to attempt, once again, to sail non-stop solo round the globe on her yacht Nereida. Her first nonstop attempt (from Lanzarote, Islas Canarias) started in October 2009 but, having already overcome several major challenges in mid-ocean, she was forced to pull in to Cape Town in early December for repairs that couldn't be fixed on passage down the S. Atlantic. This will be Jeanne's third attempt to sail solo round the world, because her first attempt, which was a 'cruising style' circumnavigation, ended when she was almost ...

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