Laura Dekker

28th June 2012

Some Island explorations I didn’t get to do last year

After a year away, seeing the island of Hiva Oa appear on the horizonwas magical for me. It felt just like I had never left. And […]
26th June 2012

It’s so good to be back!

We arrived in Hiva Oa after I don’t know how many days at sea, since Ididn’t count them. We went to the little town and I […]
25th June 2012

130nm left to Hiva Oa

The wind has totally dropped down over the last day so we’re runningthe engine, as expected. We still have 130 miles to go. And just likeevery […]
23rd June 2012

The weather certainly isn’t as peaceful as last year!

Last night, a lot of squalls came over us. The rain poured all night,at times with as much as 30 knots of wind coming from every […]
21st June 2012

Racing a long at 7knots!

Last night we had 25 knots of wind and really confused cross seaswhich made life uncomfortable and sleeping very hard. But it’s alreadya whole lot better […]
19th June 2012

Reflections on whats gone and what’s to come

There’s about 15 to 20 knots of wind now, occasional rain with morewind and it’s exactly from behind. The waves got a little higher soit’s more […]
17th June 2012

Dolphins and big schools of fish

We are slowly getting there. There’s already a little bit more windand it has shifted to east, so it’s from behind now. The wind forecastsounds a […]
15th June 2012

Where has the wind gone?!

Last night we saw dolphins. But with no moon and almost no phosphorescence in the water it was hard to see them jumping in front of […]
13th June 2012

I don’t think Bruno is made to be a seafarer

The wind has come back a little and Guppy is doing 5 knots again. We’re just over halfway, with 1490 miles still to go. I love […]