Jeanne Socrates

[TQA]

Jeanne should round Cape Horn on wednesday.

Forecast Wind: W 27 knots, gusting to 35 knots, Waves: SW 12 feet @ 9 secs. which is WAY better than the recent weather down there which has been hammering the Golden Globe boats. Jeanne has been hove to awaiting for her weather window.

The other 70 something solo circumnavigator has given up for the third or fourth time when his too big too complicated and too untested boat has broke beyond his abilities to fix it.

GO JEANNE

 

[Frank Holden]

meanwhile ... there are quite a number of over 70s amongst this lot.....

https://maps.sail.cloud/home/event/19

map shows both the GGR, the Longue Route, and a small number of 'solitaries such as Jeanne

 

[zoidberg]

Aye, Bonnie Jeannie is right behind Uku Randmaa, and shortly overhauling him.....

That'd take the wind out of his sails.

 

[GHA]

East of the horn now apparently, passed about 0545UTC this morning.

Interesting what a big part of day to day life ham/SSB radio is. She's been chatting to Uka on VHF when he was 12m to the south.

https://svnereida.com/blog

 

[TQA]

from her blog

Moon shining brightly between a few clouds. Still a lot of light in the western sky. Can't relax until well past the Cape... Thanks to so many of you who have sent good wishes for a safe passage past Cape Horn. 2:43am AST Wonderful to be passing the Cape finally! Unbelievably at this hour, there was a lot of light around - it never really got dark and now, well before dawn, the Cape was clear to see, with its white flashing light low down. Took lots of photos in hope that one or two might turn out well. Wind and seas suddenly got up, as I'd been warned they would, and we were making good speed at the time of passing. The wind was cold but that didn't matter, the moon was shining between clouds - there was even an early albatross flying by... The whole setting was exhilarating... 2.45am Took a long time gybing around in big seas after passing the Cape. Caught sight of a sailing boat approaching unexpectedly - hsd to change course to avoid it!
[...]
Now making for E of Staten Island (Isla Estados) and will then head W of the shallow Burdwood Bank - with big swells expected, somewhere to keep clear of. I'm hoping not to get too much swell inshore of it. Then S of the Falklands, past E. Falkland, heading finally NE, aiming to get further from and on the N side of the many strong weather systems down here.

 

[Stingo]

Do any of you still follow her adventures? If so, what is she up to these days? Her blog hasn't been updated for well over a year, so no clues there.

 

[Stingo]

I've just found her boat, Nereida, on MarineTraffic. She's off the east coast of Australia doing 5.5 knots.

 

[RobbieW]

Sadly, TQA is no longer with us...
TQA R.I.P