Getting your player ready...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The mother of a 14-year-old Dutch girl who wants to sail solo around the world said in an open letter published Saturday that she has given up her opposition to her daughter’s planned trip.
Laura Dekker’s dream of becoming the youngest person to sail alone around the globe has been thwarted by a Dutch court that last year made her a ward of the state amid concerns over her physical ability and her social development.
“I know she can do it; she’s a strong girl who does not give up easily,” Babs Mueller wrote. “. . . I will have sleepless nights from the worry, but this is about Laura and how I can help her.”
