Laura Dekker

 
 
18th December 2010
18th December 2010
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40nm to go!

Only 40 nautical miles [74 kilometres; 46 land miles] to go, and then, with 2200 nautical miles [4074 kilometres, 2532 land miles] behind me, I can […]
17th December 2010
17th December 2010
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Broken windvane rudder

Tonight the wind vane steering system suddenly did not work anymore, the vane was set full in one direction but the boat did not follow its […]
16th December 2010
16th December 2010
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Back to bobbing around

Yesterday night the wind has left me. (I did not do anything wrong to the wind, did I?). Now I am bobbing up and down in […]
15th December 2010
15th December 2010
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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
14th December 2010
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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
13th December 2010
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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
12th December 2010
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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
11th December 2010
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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
10th December 2010
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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 […]
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