This week im having a chat with Laura Dekker from the Laura Dekker World Sailing Foundation

Laura made the history books back in 2010 when at the age of 14 she became the youngest person ever to attempt to sail around the world. It took place after a long fought battle with the Dutch government and became international headlines sparking a global debate, surrounding parental rights.

Laura was born and grew up on the water and her father being a cruiser himself taught her how to manage and maintain a vessel from being a child. She worked and saved up enough to buy a Jeanneau Gin Fizz Ketch fixer upper named Guppy and spent years with her father getting the boat ready for the voyage. 

In 2012 she completed the journey becoming the youngest person to solo circumnavigate the planet

In the years since Laura has set up the Laura Dekker World Sailing Foundation, an organisation that takes children sailing around the world, helping them develop life skills, build their character work with other children as a team on her new boat, a Robert Perry designed Scorpio 72 

If you want to learn more about Laura and the foundation visit their website www.lauradekkerworldsailingfoundation.Com

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