Mother against girl's plan to sail the globe

The mother of Dutch teenager Laura Dekker today said she is against her daughter’s plan to try to sail solo around the world.

The mother of Dutch teenager Laura Dekker today said she is against her daughter’s plan to try to sail solo around the world.

Babs Muller told the Volkskrant daily newspaper that her 13-year-old daughter has the technical ability to complete the voyage but that the teenager is not yet grown-up enough.

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