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Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read one girl one dream. After persuading her father to let her go and then fighting with dutch authorities for months, laura dekker started her extraordinary journey in 2010 at the age of 14 on her 38 foot twomasted ketch named guppy. Buy a discounted paperback of one girl one dream online from australias leading online. Join life sail on saturday, february 24th at the marina del rey marriott for the follow your dreams gala. One girl one dream is her fascinating and inspiring story. One girl one dream ebook by laura dekker rakuten kobo.
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In 2009, she announced her plan to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe singlehanded. The book opens strongly, detailing the immense challenges lauras parents faced as they battled the dutch government over their right to raise their daughter as they saw fit. To an independent, creative mind that ceaselessly pursues a dream, almost anything is possible. Laura dekker world sailing foundation posts facebook.
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This book is an autobiography chronicling the authors solo sail around the world. Laura dekker is the youngest ever sailor to circumnavigate the world solo, achieving her dream in 2012 aged only 16, having defied authorities in her native holland as well as the elements on her 15monthlong odyssey. One girl one dream by laura dekker 9781775540991 dymocks. Author of book called one girl one dream now published in 4 languages including dutch, english, german and polish. Description order a personally signed copy of the amazing story of laura dekkers round the world circumnavigation at just 14years old. One girl one dream by laura dekker, 9781775540458, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. To ask other readers questions about one girl one dream, please sign up. The trip took about 17 months in total, and the story of. In 2009, the english sailing community was galvanised by the arrival on the east coast of a 14yearold singlehander from holland, writes tom cunliffe. One girl one dream by laura dekker the objective standard. When 14yearold laura dekker set out in 2012 to become the youngest person to singlehandedly circumnavigate the globe, filmmaker jillian schlesinger documented the remarkable 518day journey. Lee one girl one dream por laura dekker disponible en rakuten kobo.
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