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6-8-2010

6-8-2010
Error in the media.
Some media are reporting that my sailboat was built by Peter Klarenbeek, that is not exact.
Peter and my father worked on my 33 years old boat to be ready for my world tour. But it is so
well refitted and refreshed that it does look like new!
Laura

2-8-2010

We are still on a roll checking out everything. And I have cleaned the whole
boat ( tools still layed around everywhere from their last use at fixing things).
Now that everything is really clean, I am ready to start on my journey.
I have made the most of the last days and said goodbye to my family and my
friends.
Depature time is getting closer and I just can't wait to sail away!
Laura

31-7-2010

It's so great that I can oficially set sail and that will be on Wednesday, August
4 at 9:00 AM.
Finally I sail away at sea, in the company of my father for the trip to
Portugal.
The date of departure from Portugal is not yet known. But I will keep you
informed.
On the picture you can see my schoolbooks that are all ready for my journey.

Laura.

29-7-2010

Hello everybody,

I have some great news, most of you will already have seen or read about it in
the media.
I got the official permission to sail. The supervision is cancelled!
After a one year "battle" I am allowed to go!! This is so great!!
My father will sail with me during the journey to Portugal for final testing of my
boat and eventually some final improvements. Then "Guppy" will be reliable
and prepared for me to sail singlehanded.
The official starting point of my journey will be in Portugal. To get there is not
a problem because of the help of many people and this time my father will
accompany me.
On the way I will continuously write reports in my blog.

Laura

25-7-2010

25 July 2010

For the past few days we were extremely busy working on the boat. It´s
normal with boats that work will never be finished completely. But now we are
working on the very last things to prepare "Guppy" for her and of course my
great journey.
The new sails, including a beautiful colored half-winder, are in place. Maybe
you already guessed it: the half-winder is mostly red. I also have a sun
canopy which will be very important when in the tropics. Even with the
present weather it´s nice to find some shadow.
On Tuesday there will be another ruling by the Court. I´m curious and I also
have some hope this time. In the opinion of Jeugdzorg I did my very best to
meet all the conditions set up by the Court and I did everything well.
Jeugdzorg asked the Court for cancelling the supervision over me
immediately.
But the Kinderbescherming holds that for mental reasons I won´t be able to
survive my journey. This is so odd because in the past year I had to take a
psychological examination which came to the conclusion that I am able to
survive. I´m one year older now but no longer able to survive? They asked for
an extension of the supervision for another 12 months of time anyway. If the
judges are a tiny bit objective they will cancel the supervision. But during the
past year I experienced so much that I wouldn´t be surprised if they came up
with something new again. I know, this may sound a little strange.
If everything works out I will be able to start on my voyage and sail to Portugal
within the next two weeks. And to continue sailing from there.
I´m looking forward to it!!

Laura

[NT: in the Netherlands the Youth Welfare Department is divided into two
independent organisations. Stichting Bureau Jeugdzorg, Youth welfare, and
Raad voor de Kinderbescherming, Council for childprotection]

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