Laura Dekker, Author at Laura Dekker World Sailing Foundation

22nd July 2011

Invited to sail on the Alvei

My life is really full of surprises .. As of tomorrow and for a few days I won’t have much opportunity to send in a new […]

21st July 2011

Crazy bus rides & a New SSB radio :)

Icom America has sent me a brand new SSB radio directly to Fiji. It came in yesterday afternoon, and with some help from Henk of the […]

20th July 2011

Fiji then and now Picture’s

Fiji Market The market still looks exactly the same as when I was there 14 years ago. Mum and me on the Fiji Market. Me […]

19th July 2011

Pancakes for Sogno d’Oro

Since my arrival in Fiji I have done lots and I have met many new people. As I was inflating my dingy people form a closer […]

17th July 2011

Nightly arrival into Suva

Guppy and I have come through unscathed from the reefs, and around midnight we dropped anchor off the city of Suva, Fiji – then I enjoyed […]

16th July 2011

A minefield of reefs, atolls and Islands

Yesterday Guppy and I sailed between the first islands, atolls and reefs. I was really surprised to see a mountain rising out of the water where […]

15th July 2011

Johoo, I will get a new SSB radio from ICOM

After calm winds for the past several hours there is now a good sidewind blowing so ‘Gup’ and I are heading for the atolls at 6,5 […]

14th July 2011

On our way again

Guppy and I are en Route again. At first the wind seemed to cooperate but later in the day it weakened and now it is blowing […]

13th July 2011

Preparations to continue to Fiji & some photo’s

Today I am setting sail heading for the Fiji Islands. Yesterday I made all the last preparations. There was a mega-pile of laundry waiting for me… […]