In 2009, the English sailing community was galvanised by the arrival on the East Coast of a 14-year-old single-hander from Holland, writes Tom Cunliffe. This was Laura Dekker, skippering a…
Laura Dekker
Think something’s impossible in sailing, or too dangerous? Why I’ve learned never to say never
One thing I’ve learned about sailing is never to say something is impossible, and to take with a big pinch of salt any prediction that a venture is bound to…
Laura’s a legend
Say what you like about junior sailing records, 16-year-old circumnavigator Laura Dekker is a great role model
Sailing’s age of consent
Mike Perham's arrival at the end of his solo circumnavigation has raised the question of how young is too young to go solo?