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Jeanne Socrates has become the oldest person to sail around the world alone, non-stop and unassisted.

A British sailor and grandmother has become the oldest person to sail around the world alone, non-stop and unassisted, according to the Royal Victoria Yacht Club.

Jeanne Socrates, 77, left Victoria last October aboard the 11-metre S/V Nereida, and spent more than 330 days at sea before returning to Victoria Saturday afternoon. Read on, thanks to CBC.