15-year-old solo sailor Dekker grateful for donations

8:09 PM Mon 3 Jan 2011 GMT

'Laura Dekker arrives Sint Maarten 1- Photograph courtesy of www.HeliPhotoCarib.com ' Heli Photo Carib Click Here to view large photo

15-year-old solo sailor Laura Dekker has been overwhelmed by the number of people who have made donations in the past two weeks to help her achieve her wish to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe alone. As well as her father acknowledging it in the media in Holland, Laura has repeatedly thanked both her sponsors and those who have contributed. Her father Dick Dekker made an appeal for extra funds at Christmas, so that his 15-year-old daughter could 'sail on with worrying about finances'. The project was not actually in danger, but there was no financial room for ...

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