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and wind.

And I think there's

a lot more rain coming,

but it's pretty nice.

Especially now that I have

everything under control.

Really beautiful, eh?

Nobody said sailing was fun.

Except for me.

It's just amazing.

I always dreamed of it,

live this way of life.

I was born on a boat in New

Zealand when my parents were

sailing around the world.

It was a magical time.

It was beautiful, but my mom

totally didn't like sailing.

She actually hated it.

She got seasick every time.

When I was four, we sold

the boat and bought a house

in Holland.

And then my dad started

building a boat right away

and my mom just...

I don't know...

she found someone else

and they broke up.

So then they asked me

where I wanted to live.

I said my dad,

because I really wanted to sail.

So I grew up in a shipyard

with my dad building boats.

When I was about six,

my dad got me an Optimist,

a little dinghy boat

where I always sailed in,

mostly after school.

When I was about eight, a really

nice friend of my dad had a boat

that he didn't want

to sail in anymore,

so he gave it to me.

It was where I actually learned

sailing with my dog, Spot,

which was an excellent crew.

When I was about 10 years,

I got a Hurley 700,

a nice seven-meter

seaworthy boat.

Of course, I needed to

get a job to pay for it,

so I brought newspapers

around, I cleaned shops.

I did practically anything

that got me money.

I sailed every day and always

on the summer vacations I would

cruise through whole Holland.

Then when I was thirteen,

I actually sailed

to England alone.

And when I had done that,

I was sure that I wanted

to sail around the world.

I wanted to see

the south horizon.

Land.

After 17 days, I'm seeing land.

There.

I'm starting to slowly

get really hyper.

It's going to be difficult

to walk normally.

I think I'll get seasick

or something when I get

back on land.

Such a strange thought...

to see people again.

It's just... pretty cool.

You can't shoot fish

with a slingshot!

So close, mom!

It's clear you guys

have a screw loose.

My mom and my sister were

finally able to visit me,

which was awesome

because they were on vacation

when I left, so they didn't even

wave me out when I was leaving

on my big trip,

which I was really sad about.

So, it was really cool

to see them again.

Come on, you can try

it now, Laura.

No, I'm not doing it!

Why not?

You don't have to shoot fish.

Okay, I have a weird family,

I know.

I thought I was weird

but I believe

I'm the most normal one here.

I'm just having fun,

not shooting any fish.

You're wasting rocks.

Doesn't matter,

I have plenty of rocks.

Do you think that the Indians

shot arrows at trees?

That they would just

waste arrows?

They didn't do that now,

did they?

Yes, but I am.

Yeah, but you're nuts.

Well yeah, if not I

wouldn't have a daughter

sailing around the world.

That doesn't happen

with normal parents.

Yes indeed.

So, I was 10 years old,

I don't have too much

memories of my mom.

After my parents divorced,

she lived somewhere else.

I tried to visit her every

weekend, but I had a feeling

that there was too much things

going on in my mom's life,

and I was too much

to handle for her.

My mom, though, seems to care

a lot about me now,

and we write each other

a lot more than before.

So that's good.

Since I'm really young, I've

had a really good relationship

with my sister.

She grew up with my mom,

so we're separated

for most of our lives.

But, we always got along

pretty good.

She's totally crazy and

really funny and really cool.

Yes, we're happily walking

through the woods

and acting a bit weird.

And this is a tree!

Open up the doors, Frankenstein

What you see here

is my second attempt

at making popcorn in my life.

Yay!

I'm setting down the camera

for the rest of my show.

People keep asking me what

I actually miss from home.

It worked!

In the beginning,

I missed the refrigerator,

internet, having a bath,

having a shower,

having a bed that's not

salty and moving but, yeah,

after a few weeks,

I was used to it.

It's really normal now,

and, yeah, I don't miss a thing.

About being lonely... sometimes,

but you meet like a bunch

of people which

is the nicest thing.

You're all

in the same community.

It's like skaters and surfers.

If you see each other,

you just connect right away.

So, here we are with Laura

Dekker trying to crash me!

And Deana behind me,

coming up fast in the rear.

Okay, I'm coming!

We're picking up speed.

Look out, there's deer!

Laura Dekker leads the way,

but only briefly

as Mike Rule takes the lead,

oh there she goes,

putting on the Dutch sprint!

Yeah, these are cutter ants.

And look at 'em carrying that.

Look how strong they are.

Carrying them all

the way across...

These are our heroes!

Crossing the bridge.

Listen to that monkey.

You guys hear that?

You hear that noise?

Mike and Deana...

I met them

in the San Blas Islands,

and we've been hanging

out every day.

Mike, he had cancer a few years

ago which is when they realized

they wanted to see the world

in their boat.

They were really cool and just,

we like did a lot together.

We got the kids up here

on the bow, cleaning.

Get to work, you slaves!

I felt just like I had a family.

Just like a normal family,

and I was their daughter.

It was really nice.

We had been sailing

with another Dutch couple.

Didn't we get together for...

Dutch night?

No, we went... we went snorkeling.

No, we went snorkeling.

We went snorkeling first?

Because we love sailing

and outdoor water activities,

it just worked out that we

developed a friendship.

But I think it's a... I think

the sailing community

is a unique place

because normally people our age

wouldn't become close friends

with maybe

a fifteen-year-old.

It just wouldn't happen

under normal circumstances.

It was like before that,

I had a turning point.

In the Caribbean,

I could always turn around

and go back to Europe,

but by passing the Panama Canal,

I really had to go forward.

The Pacific, yee-ha!

It's just the point that

I really say I'm gonna do it.

From there, it just started

to get serious.

I am very close to the equator.

I have my Neptune crown,

and I'm giving him a pancake.

Behind me are R Sea Kat

and Double Diamond.

The excitement

is starting to build.

So, we're here,

just the three of us.

And as soon as we hit the

equator the party will start.

It's a bit like New Year's

when you're waiting for midnight...

but you're waiting for the

coordinates to read 0.0, 0.0.

Sounds like the party is

already going on on your boat.

Woo-hoo!

We're almost there.

Yeah, we're almost there.

I'll put some music on also.

Ya-hoo

It's a celebration

Celebration

We gon' celebrate

and have a good time

Ya-hoo

It's a celebration

So, this is how you can still

have fun while at sea.

Totally alone, on Guppy.

It's a celebration

And now...

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