13 IS TOO YOUNG TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD ALONE. i personally don't think she's get very far. one has to wonder what sort of parent thinks this is acceptable?
i'm personally thinking it would be a death sentence
Dutch bid to thwart young sailor
Social workers in the Netherlands have taken legal action to try to stop a 13-year-old girl from sailing around the world on her own.
They want Laura Dekker to be made a ward of court, so that her parents, who support her plans, temporarily lose the right to make decisions about her.
Laura's father, Dick Dekker, has had a request for her to miss two years of school turned down.
Laura had a yacht by the age of six and began sailing solo when she was 10.
"Since I was 10 years old, I've known that I would like to sail around the world," she told Dutch television.........
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