We last saw of young Laura Dekker was her departure from Portugal August 21st. She made the voyage to the Canary Islands
in 4 days and had bee languishing there ever since awaiting the Atlantic Hurricane seasons end before next leg.
Her Weblog
is filled with her daily adventure in the Canaries, doing thing a content young adventurer to do, exploring, diving making friends.
Generally enjoying life to its fullest.
Pete Thomas Outdoors reports a much darker period in Laura's life ...
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Laura Dekkers Darkest Hour
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- Published: 10-13-2010, 09:54 PM
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Laura Dekkers Darkest Hour
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Trippin With Tommy
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- Published: 10-11-2010, 03:41 PM
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Trippin With Tommy
Christophe Launay has been busy.
Very busy. His latest effort is an excursion around Brittany aboard the 105' Maxi Tri Sodebo with Thomas Colville,
as he prepares for La Route du Rhum La Banque Postale 2010.
You can see more of Christophe's work
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From The Horse's Mouth. Spotted On The Bay Today, Finns !
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- Published: 06-29-2010, 07:54 PM
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From The Horse's Mouth. Spotted On The Bay Today, Finns !
Boats, not people from Finland.
The people on the boats: Mark Andrews (GBR 88) and Edward Wright (GBR 11).
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Robin Williams Visits Plastiki
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Robin Williams Visits Plastiki
Robin Williams visits Plastiki prior to departure... -
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Fred Eagle : International Man Of Mystery
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Fred Eagle : International Man Of Mystery
When we 1st met Fred Eagle he was a simple, average american joe, from a simple average american town, living the simple average american life
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