A month after embarking from the Victoria Inner Harbour on Oct. 3, Jeanne SocratesB次元官网网址檚 goal to break yet another world record is well underway.

The 76-year-old sailor crossed the Equator line on Nov. 4, in her attempt to become the oldest person to sail around the globe solo and unassisted. (She already holds the title for the worldB次元官网网址檚 oldest woman to do so when she was 70.)

In her on svnerida.com, Socrates describes her journey and the joy she felt reaching this marker.

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B次元官网网址淪ee you in May!B次元官网网址� Socrates calls as she heads out from . She wonB次元官网网址檛 touch land again for at least 7 months.

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B次元官网网址淚 managed a lot of singing and even some dancing to the music I played during my Equator-crossing party time,B次元官网网址� she wrote on Nov. 5.

But her mission hasnB次元官网网址檛 been smooth sailing the whole way. On Oct. 31, her wind display went down, followed by a solar panelB次元官网网址檚 input on Nov. 4. She was able to reset the wind display after someone following her blog emailed her a helpful suggestion (sheB次元官网网址檚 able to receive and send emails onboard). Later that evening, her basic instruments tracking wind, speed and depth went blank. She details on her blog how she tries to solve each problem as it arises.

Before she disembarked from Victoria, she told Victoria B次元官网网址 that while she never likes something going wrong onboard, she does enjoy the challenge.

Socrates is aiming to circumnavigate the globe in eight months, bringing her back to Victoria in May, if all goes as planned.

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