Laura Dekker arrived today in Sint Maarten completing round-the-world sail voyage

[Laudanum]

En wat deed de overheid ?

Haha, stom van me. Foutje.. Ik verbeter het wel even.

[The Black Prince]

^Dat is nou net het probleem, de moeder is het er niet mee eens. En omdat zij niet de rechtmatig voogd was van Laura heeft zij het op een andere manier aangepakt, wat uiteindelijk resulteerde in de rechtzaak en alle media aandacht. Hoewel ik het eigenlijk ook niet zo'n slim idee vind dat een meisje alleen in een zeilboot langs dergelijke van piraten vergeven kusten rondtrekt.

Ik denk trouwens niet dat kinderen zoals Laura (gezinssituaties waar geen sprake is van mishandeling) beter worden van de bemoeienis van Jeugdzorg en kinderbescherming. Ik bedoel de logica is ook ver te zoeken in het besluit van de kinderbescherming/jeugdzorg om haar uit huis te plaatsen, omdat ze slechter presteert op school, sinds ze onder hun toezicht staat.

[The Lawspeaker]

Laura Dekker arrived today in Sint Maarten completing round-the-world sail voyage

Dutch teen sailor Laura Dekker just arrived 3 hours ago in Sint Maarten, thus finishing her 1-year-long trip around the globe (scroll down for photos).

Dekker who is 16-year and 4-month old became the youngest person to circumnavigate the Earth alone, but her record will not be registered as a Guiness World Record as the Book gave up this category in 2009, therefore “youngest” or “oldest” records are not applicable anymore.
Over the last miles of her world tour, Laura was accompanied by family members including her parents, sister and grandparents who followed closely in their boat while approaching Simpson Bay harbor.

The young Dutch girl, whose sailing project was suspended for a period by the justice department in the Netherlands, will turn 17 on 20 September. She had to accomplish her journey before 16 September, to overcome the unofficial record set previously by Australian Jessica Watson, who in May 2010 finished a similar sailing tour just 3 days before turning 17
Laura Dekker returned to the island of St. Martin after completing the solo sailing trip around the world in 516 days and covering a total distance of over 47,000 km.

As a comparison here, the circumference of the Earth is 24,902 miles or 40,075.017 km (equatorial) and over the poles (meridional) is 40,007.86 km or 24,860 statute miles.

Dekker happy to see her family upon arrival in St. Martin today. Photo: Eric van Staten




Laura Dekker waiving the people as she welcome to the Dutch island of St. Maarten. Photo:nu.nl




Laura Dekker and her sailboat Guppy seen again in Sint Maarten after 1 year: www.nu.nl




Dozens people stood on the docks of the Simpson Bay Lagoon to give Laura a warm welcome. Photo: ANP

Source: FOXCrawl blog (January 22, 2012)

[The Lawspeaker]

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[Heart of Oak]

Very brave young Lady,indeed, an incredible feat for one so young, what's next for her? I wonder.

[The Lawspeaker]

Laura Dekker was harassed for years by some local paedophile.