"Solo Sailor With Too Many Radio Friends?"

1 August, 2014

Ocean Navigator (USA) ..... John Snyder meets Jeanne in Maine where she was meeting up with some of her many amateur radio contacts from her nonstop circumnavigation after being presented with the CCA's Blue Water Medal in New York in March.

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"Drogues and Sea Anchors"

1 May, 2014

Yachting World  (UK) ..... Jeanne responds to Skip Novak's comments on heavy weather sailing with a contribution on the use of the Jordan series drogue (JSD) in the May edition of the magazine.

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"2013 Blue Water Medal to Jeanne Socrates"

7 March, 2014

Cruising Club of America (USA)     The Cruising Club of America present their 2013 Blue Water Medal to Jeanne on 7th March 2014 at the New York Yacht Club.

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CBS Evening News - New York

5 March, 2014

CBS TV (USA) ..... Scott Rappaport interviews Jeanne the day before her Blue Water Medal presentation by the Cruising Club of America at the New York Yacht Club.

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"Third Time Lucky"

1 December, 2013

RYA Magazine (UK)     RYA Magazine's Winter issue looks back over Jeanne's successful third attempt at a solo nonstop unassisted circumnavigation.

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ITV London Evening News - live from ITN's Central London studio

2 August, 2013

ITV (UK)  In-studio live interview on Jeanne's return to London after her successful solo nonstop unassisted circumnavigation giving a world record.

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"Niemals Aufgeben" - Porträt • Jeanne Socrates

31 July, 2013

Yacht (GER)      Yacht magazine celebrates Jeanne's arrival in Victoria, British Columbia,  having come out to meet up with her the afternoon before, as she rounded Race Rock, 10 miles from completion. (In German)

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"Socrates' Return"

11 July, 2013

Pacific Yachting (CAN) ..... The August magazine issue records Jeanne's triumphant return to British Columbia in July 2013.

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TV News report on the successful end of Jeanne's solo sail

8 July, 2013

CBC TV News (CAN)  Canadian TV News item about Jeanne's solo nonstop unassisted circumnavigation, aired the evening following her successful overnight landfall in Victoria, British Columbia.

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"The grandmother who's sailing around the world solo"

1 May, 2013

Yachting Monthly  (UK) ..... June magazine article by Michael Robertson on Jeanne's preparations leading up to her ongoing solo nonstop circumnavigation.

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H2O Show - interview by Sir Robin Knox-Johnson from the Southampton Boat Show

14 September, 2012

BBC Radio Solent (UK)    Interview at the Southampton Boat Show after Jeanne's successful return to Victoria at the end of a circumnavigation via the Five Great Capes, despite a knockdown off Cape Horn in January 2011, as she prepares to start another nonstop attempt in a few weeks' time.         

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"Third time's the charm"

8 August, 2012

PT Leader (USA) ..... Megan Claflin reports on Jeanne's arrival in Port Townsend, USA, on completion of her solo circumnavigation via the Five Great Capes of the Southern Ocean and looks forward to her next nonstop, single-handed circumnavigation attempt in October 2012.

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"Solo sailor Jeanne Socrates - new 'oldest ever' record on the way"

25 June, 2012

Sail-World.com (UK)     Nancy Knudsen, Editor of Sail-World.com, updates on Jeanne's circumnavigation via the Five Great Capes as she leaves Tahiti for Hawaii after a difficult passage from Hobart, Tasmania.

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"Socrates Meets the Queen"

9 December, 2011

Yachting Monthly (UK)     Dick Durham reports on Jeanne meeting the Queen and Prince Philip at a Buckingham Palace Reception for 'Adventurers and Explorers' on the evening of 8th December 2011.

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"The Trials of Socrates"

1 December, 2011

RYA Magazine (UK) ..... The Winter 2011 RYA Members' Magazine reviews Jeanne's sailing up to her entering the record books in May 2011 with the completion of her solo circumnavigation and looks forward to her third attempt at a nonstop solo circumnavigation in 2012.

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"World Headlines" in section 'Leading Edge'

1 September, 2011

Kazi (JAP) ..... Couldn't resist posting this one - this Japanese sailing magazine emailed Jeanne with questions for a report on her solo circumnavigation ... but unless your Japanese is good, this link won't help much... sorry! (But maybe a Google translation will help?)

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“British Woman Sets a Record”

1 July, 2011

Yachting World (UK)   Report (in July issue of magazine) on ‘closing the circle' on 6th May in the S. Atlantic, as Jeanne continues on - sailing towards Cape Town after completing a 15-month solo circumnavigation via Cape Horn..

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“Lone Yachtswoman Completes Circumnavigation”

1 July, 2011

Yachting Monthly (UK) ..... Report on Jeanne's O.C.C. (Ocean Cruising Club) Award being presented in Ushuaia and completion of her solo around-the-world sail on 6th May, as she headed east across the S. Atlantic, drawing close to Cape Town.

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“Record-breaking sailor”

20 June, 2011

ITV News  (UK) ..... Live 6pm News interview from the ITN Central London studios, posted on the ITV website and beginning with the words “An achievement that will make you proud to be British, on May 6, Jeanne Socrates from Ealing, set a world record......"

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"Jeanne Socrates deu a volta ao mundo num barco a vela...sozinha"

7 June, 2011

Publico P2 Terca-feira (Portugal) ..... Portuguese national daily newspaper report on Jeanne's solo sail around the world. (In Portuguese)

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