Laura Dekker, Author at Laura Dekker World Sailing Foundation

15th December 2010

Lovely sailing!

Guppy is still moving along nicely at about 4,5 knots and I think that I will be within land reach in five days – pretty odd […]

14th December 2010

Safety at sea

Definitely a great day again today with some clouds in the sky (so it was not too hot) and from time to time some rain fell […]

13th December 2010

750nm to go

The wind decreased again last night, but fortunately, there is a slight breeze now. Still about 750 nautical miles [1389 kilometres; 863 land miles] to go, […]

12th December 2010

Where’s the wind gone?!

The wind almost subsided completely and I cannot really ask for more wind from Santa Claus, and it will be a little while until Christmas… Well, […]

11th December 2010

Warmth & Sunshine

The wind and the waves decreased a little, and I am now sailing under full sails again, the mizzen, the mainsail and the poled out Genoa. […]

10th December 2010

Halfway

Today I reached the halfway point of my second largest sea passage. So it is sailing always closer towards land from now on and that is […]

9th December 2010

Dark clouds

There is even more wind today, so I quickly reefed the mainsail this morning. Dark clouds passed over me all day long, and in the afternoon […]

8th December 2010

Sleeping rhytms

Last night I slept very well as the sea was a bit calmer so I did not have to keep my body stiff all the time […]

7th December 2010

Found the tradewinds

Now I really found the Trade Winds, or maybe they found me… Guppy now goes at a speed of 6,5 to 7 knots, really nice, however […]