Laura Dekker, Author at Laura Dekker World Sailing Foundation

24th June 2011

Boat cores

This morning I refilled the diesel tank that of course was almost empty from running the engine during my last windless crossing. Since I had to […]

23rd June 2011

Safed my laptop with my toe – ouch!

Actually I had planned to set sail again when I was told by the people here that there will be a big traditional dancing festival on […]

22nd June 2011

Minicat Sailing :)

This morning I felt much better after a good long sleep, but not yet in top shape. Still with some nice wind up I could not […]

21st June 2011

Plans change, went hiking instead

As often happens my plans for the day ended up to nothing. I posponed my second bicycle tour around the island because early this morning American […]

20th June 2011

Biked around the island

For morning exercise I cycled all around the island very early this morning. This went a lot easier than I expected because the main road that […]

19th June 2011

Deep Anchor grounds

After a calm night at the mooring-buoy, today I went exploring the island. I cycled to several bays on my bike and I did some shopping […]

18th June 2011

Arrived in Bora Bora

After a windless crossing of 30 hours I arrived in Bora Bora. As it often is with atoll islands, I first had to sail around the […]

17th June 2011

There’s more Islands to explore

Although there was not much wind, I had the travel-jitters again so I decided to head for the Leeward Islands. Too bad this means I have […]

16th June 2011

Boat BBQ

I was actually planning to sail to the Huahine atoll but the ocean is just flat as a mirror! And the weather forecast for the coming […]