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UTRECHT, Netherlands — Dutch judges Friday called a 13-year-old girl’s plan to sail solo around the world “undeniably daring and risky” but refused to scupper it completely in a high-profile clash between child-care authorities and liberal Dutch parenting.

A panel of three judges at Utrecht District Court ordered authorities to take temporary guardianship of Laura Dekker, delaying her plan to set sail next week on her 26-foot yacht Guppy and become the youngest person to sail solo around the world.

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