Saturday, January 21, 2012

Laura Dekker Sailor

  • Miss Dekker, who is 16 years and four months old, set sail nearly a year ago to the day - January 20, 2011.
  • (Daily Telegraph)
  • 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)
  • This week (Saturday 21st January) Laura Dekker, 16-year-old Dutch/New Zealander solo sailor, quietly sailed between islands in pleasant seas into the Dutch island of Sint Maarten in the Caribbean, completing a solo odyssey around the world in a year and a day.
  • (Sail World)
  • 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)
  • (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)
  • Dutch sailor Laura Dekker may not return home to the Netherlands after completing her voyage around the globe.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • Dutch teen Laura Dekker has become the youngest sailor to complete a solo circumnavigation of the world, a year after going to court for the right to make the attempt.
  • (Fiji Live)
  • Australia's Jessica Watson is currently the youngest sailor to circumnavigate the globe solo. In a few days Dutch 16-year-old Laura Dekker will take her record.
  • (eurasiareview.com)
  • 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)
  • Laura Dekker, 16, is days away from being the youngest person to ever sail around the globe on her own. She should finish sometime between Jan. 20 and 25, 2012.
  • (The Province)

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