That’s the Dutch fourteen year-old who’s been blocked by a Netherlands court from attempting to sail around the world solo – she’d been aiming to set a new world record for the youngest sailor ever to manage the feat. After she managed to run away to the Caribbean last week, defying a court order, she’s [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Some Thoughts on Laura Dekker
Posted in Tangents, tagged Sailing on December 23, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Settling into Whitehorse
Posted in Updates, tagged Blogging, Yukon on December 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I arrived here in Whitehorse Saturday night, and am slowly getting set up in my new home. I’m still recovering from the drive – it was a more thoroughly exhausting trip than I really expected – and processing the experience, but in the meantime here are a couple of blog posts I wrote from the [...]