Maiden voyage
Laura Dekker had faced hostility and official opposition when she announced her intention to sail solo round the world aged 14. She persevered and left Gibraltar single-handed in August 2010. By 2011 she was through the Torres Strait and heading for Darwin.
21 AUGUST
It’s exactly a year ago that I started on my solo voyage from Gibraltar. That’s a weird thought. After a night’s rest, I still feel tired but a lot better. There’s a good bit of shipping traffic and I’ve already counted six cargo monsters passing me by. Guppy smells of delicious freshly baked bread at the moment, and I’ve made contact with Henk. He’s also managed to get Sogno d’Oro through the strait unscathed, and is sailing 85 miles behind me.
The Arafura Sea where I’m sailing is very shallow. The waves are all over the place; but then it wasn’t a lot better in the Pacific Ocean with its cross-seas over the past few days.
