Laura Dekker sets sails to Portugal

The 14 year old girl from Netherland will start later on from her circumnavigation from Portugal after a court released her from the guardianship of Dutch child protection. Agencies had blocked her attempts to leave last year. She plans to set out in her 38-foot yacht Guppy from the southern Dutch harbor of Den Osse. Her father Dick Dekker will join her on this last test sail to Portugal. He has supported Laura’s ambitions to enter the record book as the world’s youngest round-the-world sailor.

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