Laura Dekker on her around the world sailing voyage.How fascinating! There are few young people that I’ve covered in detail on AOC. Only two come to mind — my muse Dan Eldon whose book The Journey is the Destination: The Journals of Dan Eldon’ is key inspiration for AOC and GlamTribale and Laura Dekker, the young woman who sailed around the world as a very smart, free spirit.

Jillian Schlesinger’s film ‘Maidentrip’, which includes the credit ‘made with Laura Dekker’ is winning awards. In talking about Laura’s fight with the Dutch government to be allowed to sail, Schlesinger says:

It’s difficult to apply anything from Laura’s story to anything about young people being involved in such extreme activities. The reality is Laura is a truly exceptional human being with a very particular set of skills and life experiences that allow her to be able to do this very safely and very skillfully. It’s a very celebratory and positive representation of her story, but it’s uniquely about her and it doesn’t make an argument about what’s possible for other people.

‘Maidentrip’ Official Trailer

AOC was with Laura every step of the way