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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Fourteen-year-old New Zealand-born Laura Dekker is too inexperienced to set off on her quest to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world, a Dutch court has ruled.Judges at Utrecht District Court yesterday placed...
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The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Laura Dekker will be under child protection authorities until July. But her goal of setting the record for becoming the youngest to circumnavigate the globe could still become a reality. A Dutch court ruled that the 14-year-old was barred from trying to set a record for sailing around the world Friday. She will also be under the [...]
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Gadling (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Filed under: Europe , Netherlands A few months back we posted a story about 13-year old Laura Dekker , who was hoping to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world. At the time, the Dutch government stepped in to prevent her from making the journey by placing her under the care of child protection authorities while they reviewed her qualifications to make such a journey. Yesterday, a...
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The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Laura Dekker is the 14-year old that wanted to become the youngest person to ever sail around the world alone. Before anything could go horrifically wrong, a Dutch court stepped in and nixed the voyage, declaring her too young. She’s going to be “under the guardianship of child protection authorities until next July.” Laura has [...]
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
A Dutch judge today grounded a schoolgirl hoping to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe solo, dealing a further blow to her record-breaking attempt.
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Jezebel (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
A Dutch court has ruled that 14-year-old Laura Dekker is too inexperienced to sail around the world. Dekker hoped to become the youngest person to sail the globe solo, but child protection... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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France24 (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
A Dutch court on Friday barred 14-year-old Laura Dekker from setting off on a round the world solo yacht trip for at least eight months, citing safety concerns and placing her in care. Dekker is seeking to become the youngest person ever to sail around the world solo on a yacht. "Concerns for her safety are so grave that they constitute a serious threat to her interests should she set sail now,"...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Amsterdam - A Dutch underage teen planning to sail solo around the world will remain under state custody until July 1, the civil youth court in Utrecht ruled on Friday. The decision comes following two months during which Laura Dekker, 14, was also p...
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
A 14-year-old Dutch girl who hopes to become the youngest sailor to circumnavigate the globe solo said yesterday she would wait until the school year ends before starting her attempt.Laura Dekker, who was born in New Zealand,...
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Salon.com (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Kids these days! If they're not shoplifting or sexting, they're insisting on solo circumnavigating the globe. On Sunday, Australian 16-year-old Jessica Watson departed Sydney Harbor on a pink yacht, aiming to become the youngest person to sail around the world nonstop and unassisted. Last summer, American Zac Sunderland completed a similar trip at age 17, holding a world record for all of 6 weeks...
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Gadling (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
Filed under: Oceania , Australia , Cruises Jessica Watson likes to travel, but she approaches the concept a bit differently . The 16-year-old Australian just left Sydney Harbor today, and she wants to take on the world. Her goal is to sail 23,600 miles alone -- through some of the toughest waters in the world -- and become the youngest person in history to do so. The trek has kicked off some debate...
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nourishing obscurity (Free subscription) | 27/09/2009
What's going on here? Is there something in the atmosphere? Remember 13 year old Laura Dekker and how she attempted to sail around the world solo but was stopped by a Dutch court? Well now another one is at it : Adventurer Don McIntyre is standing by teenage sailor Jessica Watson in the wake of an official report that calls into question her ability to survive her journey. Mr McIntyre says he won't...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 30/08/2009
Teenage sailor Mike Perham was cheered into port yesterday by hundreds of well-wishers, family and friends after completing his round-the-world voyage. The 17-year-old, from Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, set off aiming to complete the challenge non-stop, but several technical problems halted the voyage, meaning that his world record is as the youngest solo circumnavigation with assistance. He crossed...
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Monsters and Critics (Free subscription) | 27/08/2009
Amsterdam - Britain detained Dutch solo-sailing teen Laura Dekker in May when she crossed the North Sea from the
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Around the world has been done Ad noseam by all forms of people. A 13 year old, no matter her reason to want to do this is just plain irrelevant. If...
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