Laura Dekker

9th November 2011

The storm is not loosing her grip on Guppy yet

29-10-2011 Just when I was hoping for the wind to weaken a little, Guppy got even more to play with… Clipped with a short safety tether […]
9th November 2011

Sighted first ship in three weeks!

30-10-2011 The wind has finally weakened! It is even blowing form a better direction and pulling Guppy up to a nice speed so she is not […]
9th November 2011

Time for a big clean up

31-10-2011 After the heavy weather Mother Nature threw at me for several days, it now looks like she feels that she has to make amends… So […]
8th November 2011

Stormy weather

27-10-2011 Another beautiful sunny day. I am sailing on a close tack to a 25 knots wind and heading straight into fast coming towering waves which […]
8th November 2011

Maybe I’m a little crazy, but I’m just loving it!

28/10/2011 The Rollercoaster is in full swing now… but happily we did not do any loop-the-loops so far and I am feeling pretty good actually. Althought […]
7th November 2011

Back to squalls, rain & changing winds

25-10-2011 Very early this morning as it was still dark rainfalls, shifting winds and squalls with strong gusts took me out of my sleep and kept […]
7th November 2011

Charged batteries, thank you sunshine!

26-10-2011 We are sailing close to the wind now and just off course to the south of our rhumb line, but I am happy that there […]
6th November 2011

Steady winds! Yay

24-10-2011 The sky is a bit cloudier today, but instead of sunlight I now have some wind! Our speed is back to 4 to 4,5 knots, […]
6th November 2011

Got a little more wind

23-10-2011 I catched on some sleep last night as the light wind that is still blowing was just enough to keep the boat on course, so […]