Laura Dekker a 13y old girl from the
Netherlands will start the 1st of September 2009 for a
circumnavigation. She was raised aboard their parents sailboat while they were doing a
circumnavigation and back in
Holland her father bought her a Hurley 700 and she sailed around the inland waters and crossing the North Sea channel to the UK and back on her own. In the media she appeared to be a very capable, clever and sensible girl very well trained by her father...
but...but...there are rules concerning compulsory education and the dutch organization for the protection of
children (Kinderbescherming) brought this case to court and the judge will decide today to let her go or not. What's your opinion if she was your daughter ?
I say: ok, i'll light a candle each day you'r at sea but:
GO for it girl !
Follow her on her website:
LauraDekker.nl de Jongste solozeiler ter wereld! (alive soon)
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