Vancouver Club Night – Special Event: Laura Dekker

The Lower Mainland Yacht Cooperative and the Bluewater Cruising Association are pleased to present an evening with Laura Dekker. Come meet this amazing young sailor and learn about her experiences aboard Guppy.

Laura Dekker: The Youngest Person to Circumnavigate the Globe

Laura Dekker was born on a boat in 1995 in New Zealand. By the age of 11, she was an accomplished sailor and bought her first boat with her own money, a Hurley 700. She took off from Holland and sailed across the North Sea on her own to England. After that trip, she knew she wanted to sail around the world. The Dutch government tried to stop her but she was determined and after a long battle at the age of 14 with the blessings of her parents, she set off on her journey to sail solo around the world.

When she arrived in Saint Maarten aboard her 38 ft ketch Guppy on January 21, 2012, she was 16 years old and had completed 27,000 miles. She had achieved her dream and become the youngest person to circumnavigate the Globe.

Laura wrote a book “One Girl, One Dream” about her adventure and a movie, Maidentrip was released in 2013 from the video logs Laura kept of her trip. Laura’s book will be for sale at the event. Laura lives with her husband Daniel in her birth country of New Zealand. She has now logged over 36,000. Having earned her Yachtmaster Ocean qualification she does yacht deliveries, sails when she can, skippers for races, continues to write her blog, and travels the world for speaking engagements.

BCA members will have one week to purchase tickets before they go on sale to the public. There is a limit of 200 seats available. You can pick up your tickets at the door on the night of the event.

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