Posts Tagged ‘Laura Dekker’

Fifteen-year-old Laura Dekker,aiming to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world, was in good spirits after completing the 2,200 nautical-mile (2,532 land-mile, 4,074-kilometer) trip from the Cape Verde Islands off West Africa.Dekker’s venture stirred an intense controversy about whether young people should be allowed to sail the world’s oceans alone. A Dutch…