Just over a week after a Dutch court gave 14 year old Laura Dekker permission to attempt to sail around the world alone, the teenager is setting sail.   She will be sailing first from the Netherlands to Portugal with her father as crew.   Her solo round the world attempt will start from Portugal at a date yet to be announced.   One of the objections to her attempted round the world sail was that it will interfere with her schooling.   Perhaps to assuage these concerns, Ms. Dekker has posted a photo of the school books she will be taking with her on her voyage on her blog.

Youngest solo round-the-world sailing set to begin