Saturday, January 21, 2012

Laura Dekker Sailor

  • Laura Dekker set a steady foot aboard a dock in St Maarten on Saturday, ending a year-long voyage aboard her boat, Guppy, that apparently made her the youngest person ever to sail alone around the globe.
  • (The Guardian)
  • ASSOCIATED PRESS Enlarge PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten — Laura Dekker set a steady foot aboard Its a dream, and I wanted to do it.
  • (Toledo Blade)
  • Dekker claims she is the youngest sailor to complete a round-the-world voyage My daughter and I have been following Lauras story, and we think its amazing and inspiring, Merlen said.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • Dekker, who left the island nearly a year ago to the day she had to complete her journey before September 16 to beat the record for the youngest sailor to make an unassisted world tour.
  • (MSN Philippines News)
  • DUTCH teen Laura Dekker, who went to court for the right to go to sea, will become the youngest sailor to circumnavigate the globe alone when she reaches the Caribbean island of St Maarten tomorrow.
  • (News.com.au)
  • (Newser) – Dutch teenager Laura Dekker sailed into the Caribbean harbor of St. Maarten to a cheering crowd today after circumnavigating the globe, the Telegraph reports.
  • (Newser)
  • Miss Dekker, who is 16 years and four months old, has cut six months off the unofficial record set in 2010 by Australian teenager Jessica Watson, who was days away from her 17th birthday when she completed her own non-stop voyage.
  • (Daily Telegraph)
  • Dozens of people cheered as Laura Dekker pumped her fist into the air in celebration Dekker marked her 16th birthday during the trip and claims she is the youngest sailor to complete a round-the-world voyage.
  • (Time)
  • When 16-year-old Laura Dekker sails Guppy sails into the Dutch Caribbean island of Sint Maarten in about eight days to become the youngest ever circumnavigating sailor, she will be flying, not a Dutch flag, but the flag of New Zealand.
  • (Sail World)

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