Solo sailing teen Laura Dekker approaches the Marquesas

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1:08 AM Sun 22 May 2011 GMT

'Laura&rsquo;s progress so far' .

Laura Dekker, the teenager who defied seemingly unsurmountable barriers to her dream to go solo sailing, is now approaching the islands of the Marquesas, some of the most remote of French Polynesia in the Pacific. Once there, she will have completed what will most probably be the longest single voyage of her circumnavigation - and she's loving every minute. Showing every sign of being a truly passionate ocean sailor, Laura is glorying in the natural world around her - the flying fish, the moonrises and the squalls that pass over her. In this deep ...

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