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| Dutch sailor girl put under care | |
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| A Dutch court has put a 13-year-old girl under state care for two months, stalling her bid to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world. | |
| The decision by three Utrecht judges means Laura Dekker's parents, who support her plans, temporarily lose the right to make decisions about her. | The decision by three Utrecht judges means Laura Dekker's parents, who support her plans, temporarily lose the right to make decisions about her. |
| A child psychologist will now assess her capacity to undertake the voyage. | A child psychologist will now assess her capacity to undertake the voyage. |
| Laura's father, Dick Dekker, had earlier had a request for her to miss two years of school turned down. | Laura's father, Dick Dekker, had earlier had a request for her to miss two years of school turned down. |
| Miss Dekker - who was not at the court - will continue to live with her father, who did not make any immediate comment on the judge's decision. | |
| She had planned to spend about two years aboard her 26-foot (8m) boat, Guppy, to break the record set this week by a 17-year-old UK boy. | |
| Mike Perham tackled 50ft waves, gale force winds and technical problems during the 28,000-mile circumnavigation, which took him nine months. | |
| 'Live freely' | |
| The judges ruled Miss Dekker would face mental and physical risks if she were allowed to go ahead with her planned record attempt. | |
| "The parents are going to have to negotiate all important decisions regarding Laura [Dekker] with the child protection services," said a court statement. | |
| The current record was set this week by 17-year-old Mike Perham | |
| "This means that Laura cannot start her round-the-world trip without their [child protection services] agreement." | |
| Caroline Vink, a senior adviser on youth protection in the Netherlands, said the case needed to be "looked into". | |
| "We're talking about a 13-year-old," she told the BBC. "You can also question whether she's able to take this decision for herself, and whether the parents are making the decision in the best interests of Laura." | |
| Miss Dekker was reportedly born on a yacht off the coast of New Zealand during a seven-year world trip. | |
| She had a yacht by the age of six and began sailing solo when she was 10. | |
| "Since I was 10 years old, I've known that I would like to sail around the world," she had earlier told Dutch television. | |
| "I want simply to learn about the world and to live freely." |