Laura Dekker

15th January 2012

Getting slapped in the face by a.. fish

The wind has calmed down a little and the hatch to the cabin can stay open. Also I can sit on the deck and easily check […]
14th January 2012

Waves & Flying Fish

The wind keeps pulling us ahead. Happily the waves are longer now so less of them end up in the cockpit which makes my life aboard […]
13th January 2012

Getting sloshed around like in a wash-machine

Within no time the waves have built up, becoming high and steep. The sea has been changed into a cooking pot and aboard of Guppy it’s […]
12th January 2012

Back in the trade winds

The waves are rolling nonstop over deck now that Gup and the Trade Wind have found each other… And so between the closed hatches and the […]
11th January 2012

Only 12days to go, I’m not ready to arrive yet.

All night and today we had good wind and the shining sun made for a very hot day today. But the worst of the doldrums is […]
10th January 2012

I think we made it out of the Doldrums

The gusty and heavy squall that brought 40 knots winds and pouring rain finally dissolved with the night. Today the wind has settled to a nice […]
9th January 2012

Wild Water, Pooring rain and Dancing Dolphins

To a windless night with squalls followed another cloudy day with even more squalls. And the rain has not stopped all afternoon. Even after I had […]
8th January 2012

Going through the doldrums

Today was overcast with squalls bringing rain and wonderfully refreshing showers to me, at first… But the squalls intensified and the showers turned to strong, heavy […]
7th January 2012

Back in the Northern Hemisphere

Guppy and I have crossed the equator again so we have now left the southern hemisphere and jumped from summer to winter in the northern hemisphere […]