Protective Custody Ends for World-Bound Sailor Laura Dekker
Tue, July 20, 2010 Updated July 27, 2010: The protective custody of Laura Dekker has been lifted. She will be sailing around the world soon. Read our latest article Aug. 4, 2010
Dutch Sailor Laura Dekker Launches World Voyage Via Portugal
Updated July 20, 2010:
A Dutch Court ruled today that it will announce on July 27 its decision on a new request by child care authorities for a one-year joint custody over Laura Dekker.
Both of Laura’s parents back her plan to sail around the world solo. In gaining a one-year permanent ruling over Laura, rather than month by month, the Dutch child care authorities will effectively end Laura’s determination to set sail around the world.
The Dutch child care workers say they are not worried about her sailing skills but her social and physical development.
She has obtained a first aid diploma, practiced functioning while sleep-deprived and arranged to follow schoolwork via Internet, he said.
Last month, she sailed solo to England and back — 22 hours each way — to show her command of her small yacht and its seaworthiness. via AP
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