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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Asia Pacific World Dutch teen arrives in Portugal ahead of solo sailing bid AFP - 2 hours 47 minutes ago Send IM Story Print Dutch teen arrives in Portugal ahead of solo sailing bid THE HAGUE (AFP) - – Dutch teen Laura Dekker arrived in Portugal Saturday after a 10-day test cruise with her father leading up to her bid to become the youngest person to sail around the world solo, her manager said. "Laura arrived in the Portuguese port of Portimao in the early morning hours," manager Peter Klarenbeek told AFP, adding the docking had been kept under wraps at the 14-year-old's request. "She has had so much media attention in the last year, and she decided she needed some time to be herself, in peace," he said. Dekker set off from Den Osse in the southwestern Netherlands on August 4, days after winning a 10-month court battle with child welfare authorities concerned she was too young to undertake the trip. Accompanied by her father Dick, the petite blonde set sail on her red-hulled 11.5 metre (38 foot) ketch Guppy for Portugal for a trip meant to iron out any technical problems before launching her official solo bid. Klarenbeek said the girl would leave from Portugal "within the next week", and a final date would be announced in the coming days. "She has had a fantastic trip so far. She saw dolphins and a whale." Dekker wants to break the record for the youngest world solo sail set in May by Australian teenager Jessica Watson. Watson completed a non-stop, unassisted round-the-world trip a few days before her 17th birthday. Dekker turns 17 on September 20, 2012, allowing her a little over two years to complete the trip, during which she intends to stop at several ports along the way. Dekker has said her route from Portugal will take her across the Atlantic Ocean and into the Pacific via the Panama Canal. She plans to stop at the Galapagos islands before heading to Australia, Thailand and through the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden back to Europe. Dutch child protection authorities had been preventing Dekkers' departure since last September for fear it would stunt her social and emotional development. But a court last month rejected a request for a one-year extension of state supervision over the girl, saying her parents should decide. A reminder of the risks Dekker faces came in June, when 16-year-old Californian Abby Sunderland capsized in rough seas in the Indian Ocean while on a similar mission. She was rescued by a French fishing boat. Born in New Zealand during a round-the-world sailing trip by her parents, Dekker completed her first solo voyage, to the northern Netherlands, at the age of 11. In June, not for the first time, she sailed alone across the North Sea to England. Last December, she ran away to the Dutch Caribbean island of Sint Maarten (St Martin). Police had to escort her back home. Her parents support her plans. Klarenbeek said Dekker and her father would spend the coming days repairing a few technical glitches. "Then she will sail further, on her own." 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