Dutch teen who wanted to sail solo around world goes missing

[HeresyLives]

Dutch teen who wanted to sail solo around world goes missing

A teenage Dutch sailor who made headlines when she went to court to fight for the right to sail solo around the world has gone missing, police said Sunday.

Laura Dekker's boat, Guppy, is still moored at its usual berth and the 14-year-old appears to have left her father's home on her own, Utrecht police spokesman Bernhard Jens told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.

“We do not believe this is a crime,” Mr. Jens said.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/dutch-teen-who-wanted-to-sail-solo-around-world-goes-missing/article1406811/

[hayu_lol]

1. Since she has both Dutch and New Zealander citizenship...

and has made the comment that she would go to NZ if thwarted from her oceangoing plans...and she withdrew $5000 of her own money...seems likely that she is pursuing her dream.

She didn't have to go by air. She could easily go by sailboat with like-minded sailors.

Shame that a yacht club couldn't come up with a companion boat to follow her on her travels.

Hope that she is ok.

[HeresyLives]

2. Yes, I've been expecting this.

I'm surprised that she wasn't watched more closely.

[wuushew]

3. Would-be solo sailor, 14, vanishes, is found

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A Dutch teenager who went missing after child welfare authorities thwarted her attempt to become the youngest person to sail single-handed round the world has been found in the Dutch Antilles

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34498415/ns/world_news-europe/