Teen circumnavigators - one on the water again, one preparing

10:46 PM Sun 23 May 2010 GMT

'14-year-old Laura Dekker will be allowed by Dutch authorities to depart in July' .

With Australia's Jessica Watson on land again safely, there's only one well-publicized teenager out there sailing the oceans solo at the moment, Californian teen Abby Sunderland, but she'll soon be joined by her even younger Dutch counterpart, Laura Dekker. Laura Dekker: Just back from school camp, fourteen-year-old Laura is forging ahead with the preparation of her ketch, a Jeanneau Gin Fizz named Guppy. She is now planning to start her journey, which will last two years, at the end of July. She told me this week she was delighted with her new Guppy. 'It's sails really well, it is built ...

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