Laura Dekker, Author at Laura Dekker World Sailing Foundation

6th December 2010

Squalls!

Yesterday I had some wind and finally, after two days, I could turn the engine off. There is still wind, so with the halfwinder, the poled […]

5th December 2010

Today was again a hot and windless day. Now there is also an annoying and very high swell which makes Guppy roll back and forth a […]

4th December 2010

Since last night, Guppy and I sail upon an endless, calm and blue ocean. There was no sign of wind for the whole day. However, by […]

3rd December 2010

This morning I had a very nice crosswind, but in the afternoon the wind weakened and itis now coming from straight ahead … So I was […]

2nd December 2010

Yesterday my friend flew back to the Netherlands. Now I am alone again for the next three weeks with 2200 nautical miles [2532 land miles; 4074 […]

30th November 2010

My friend arrived safe and sound in the evening of the 27th after trying all shecould to catch her airplane at Sal’s airport; her flight was […]

27th November 2010

I am feeling very good again. Today the sky is a little bit cloudy and there is some wind. Actually, this is very nice after all […]

25th November 2010

I took the past two days nice and easy. Many new boats came in and are now lying at anchor nearby. But most of them are […]

23rd November 2010

Today I had a very busy but great day. At half past six this morning, I was already sitting in my dinghy on my way to […]