Laura Dekker

This morning the dark clouds had their cup full and just dropped everything they had of winds and rain – the winds shifting madly and as […]

For the second time on our journey Guppy and I have crossed, coming from the West, the line between Eastern and Western longitude. The first time […]

Thinking back on yesterday I realized that two special things happened. I went over the Netherlands’ longitude line and December 20th is the day when the […]

Today Guppy came in line with the Netherlands’ longitude [5° E], which means that I have now crossed all of the earth longitudes … that’s pretty […]

To my surprise a nice breeze came in yesterday evening that got even stronger during the night. With the strong wind coming diagonally from behind we […]

Another clear and sunny day with little wind but still enough so Guppy can skate ahead which is all there is to it … today. It’s […]

The alarm clock wakes me up, lying in my warm, dry and not salty bed, as I listen to all the familiar sounds Guppy makes… the […]

After a good start Guppy’s speed has dramatically dropped today… From 5 knots to 4 knots, to 3 knots and down again to a small 2,5 […]

Guppy and I have been at sea for three nights already. And now the wind is gone… We had a promising start with lots of wind, […]