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Round-world teen sailor's father appeals for cash

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8:18 PM Sat 25 Dec 2010 GMT
'Laura Dekker arrives Sint Maarten 1- Photograph courtesy of www.HeliPhotoCarib.com ' Heli Photo Carib Click Here to view large photo
The 15-year-old Dutch sailor Laura Dekker who has embarked on a round world sailing journey is in need of cash and looking for new financial sponsors. Laura's father, Dick Dekker told Dutch paper Volkskrant that the team backing her, which consists of family members and others, needs money to visit her during her journey and carry out major repairs which might be needed to her boat Guppy. They had received some sponsorship money of 25,000 euros from a shipyard, but this has been used to pay debts on the boat before the trip began and other sponsors have not yet ...


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