Dutch teen hopes to be youngest solo world sailor

Updated August 27, 2009 07:52:46

Six weeks after an American teenager, Zac Sunderland, overcame raging seas and a pirate scare to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe in a boat, an even younger competitor is challenging his record. But 13-year-old Dutch teenager, Laura Dekker, is facing a legal battle to fulfill her dream to sail around the world solo. The case has raised fresh concerns about just how young is too young to become a global adventurer.

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