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when you considered quitting

and taking off to New Zealand.

No, I've already passed it.

But it's been bothering me

since I left Bora Bora.

It's somewhere

I always wanted to go.

I could do it,

I could just sail there.

So you could.

Then why don't you?

I just couldn't.

I truly can't imagine

that the record attempt

doesn't interest you

a tiny little bit.

Not for other people,

but wouldn't it be a rush

if you achieved it?

Yeah,

Sure.

I wouldn't be surprised

if you're in a history book

a hundred years from now.

Well I don't care.

That... that doesn't interest

me at all.

I asked myself,

"Can you

do this?"

And I answered,

"I'm going

to try."

So I'm curious if I can,

and if I make it,

then I know I can.

Then I've crossed a boundary.

That is my only goal.

I am cleaning

because my father

is coming tomorrow.

How do you feel about it?

Great.

It sucks.

Yeah, but why?

In the beginning of the trip,

you often miss your parents.

Of course.

Yeah, but now you

don't miss them as much.

Look, I haven't seen my dad

in a really long time,

so I don't miss him anymore.

No, yeah that's... that's

also, yeah.

That's also a possibility,

but isn't it also part

of growing up that you are...

Probably, but could you

just shut up for a moment?

No. Thank you.

I was,

because you

didn't finally answer

the question completely.

Is it also because...

Why can't people stop it

if you ask them to?

...became more independent?

Is your trip

about becoming independent?

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I always loved my dad.

He has done everything for me

to make my life better,

but as a kid,

it was kind of hard sometimes.

After my parents divorced,

we moved to Wijk Bij Duurstede

and lived in a really,

really small trailer.

So my dad worked

building kitchens

in houses for people.

He worked from six

to nine most of the days,

and then when he came home,

he'd eat really fast

and work on the boat.

I had to do a lot alone...

making breakfast,

getting dinner ready,

cycle to school, do my homework,

everything.

When I was nine,

my dad got a breakdown

because he just worked too much,

so he had to stay home.

In the beginning,

I totally didn't understand it.

He got angry really fast.

And I was really scared of that.

You really don't know

when it's coming.

He could be really nice,

and then the next moment,

it was just like, boom!

But then he explained

what was going on

and what I should do,

so I got used to it

and I got really tough

because of that.

I still feel like he did

a really good job.

When I asked my mom

to come watch something,

she never did.

My dad always did.

So there are

dead cockroaches here.

That kind of surprised me.

Oh, I found

another cockroach too.

Really, and there was also one

in the engine room.

But that one is so greasy

that it's only like a...

That was a technical one.

Yeah.

Yeah, that's my crew

but they're all died.

The crew died?

One died because of grease,

the other one died

while he was trying

to get my thing

not to leak anymore,

and one that was just

really hungry tried to cook,

because I found him

like under here.

My dad and I had to repair

everything on the boat.

I had been pushing Guppy so hard

and didn't really have any time

to fix her at all.

We worked every day,

there was no fun,

and we had to fix up my boat

in less than a month,

and it tired us out a lot.

So, it was kind of a hard time.

It was nice to see my dad again,

but of course,

we had the usual fights.

If something had to be done,

you should have been ashore

by 8:
00, Laura.

It's now 10:
30.

Now you're in a hurry

after laying around

and sleeping for ages.

Now you're in a rush.

Yeah, but that's because

I have my own schedule...

and if I keep to my schedule,

everything I want to do

will get done.

I've been living on my own

for about a year now,

so I don't need him anymore

like I did when I was younger.

I still love him to visit me

and to give me advice

and things,

but I feel like I'm

a little bit more grown-up now,

and I can do more things myself.

Two days to go till

my sixteenth birthday.

I think I changed quite a lot.

In the beginning of the trip,

I really enjoyed being ashore

and meeting other people

and seeing the countries,

and now, I really started

to like long passages more,

just because it gives

you so much time to think

and just have

no one bothering you.

Of course, now they

don't want to go out!

I love being alone,

and I guess, yeah.

I feel like freedom is when

you're not attached to anything.

What size do you have?

I can go bigger,

or how much smaller

do you want me to go?

- Well, the thing is...

- About there?

This thing is like,

so long, yeah.

But it's the correct

protocol size.

I know, I know, okay.

The Australian flag's the same.

Yeah, is there one smaller?

Well, that's what I'll find

out for you now.

Good.

I changed my flag

from Dutch to New Zealand.

I just decided not to sail

for the country anymore,

but for the country

that I was born in.

My name's Ron.

I'm Laura.

And you're Dutch?

Yeah.

No.

I just realized

that I don't have

any real connection

with Holland anymore.

I don't want to go back there,

I don't want to live there,

and I don't have anything

in common with Dutch people,

except for the fact

that I speak the language.

So, I don't know,

I don't really have a home.

Home to me is Guppy.

Thailand, what the f***

is Thailand doing

in the Indian Ocean?

Oh wait, it isn't.

Okay, so these are

all the charts.

I mostly don't use them

but if the computer

with the cards crashes,

I just want to be able

to come somewhere.

It's really cool

if you work with the sextant,

you make all those notes.

And then you have

this piece of paper

with all those

weird things on it

and then you can find out

where you are.

Most people don't have

them anymore.

But I do.

So this is really bad.

Because, okay,

the higher the numbers,

the more you have a problem.

So, South Africa...

higher than 5,

you have seriously a problem.

Okay, starting with 3, 2, 4,

then in Durban is already 8,

then going

around South Africa it's 10,

and even 11,

which is seriously not good.

So for October,

you will probably survive.

But if you go in November,

which I will be,

you can get waves

that are 60-foot high.

Okay, yeah, the winds

are just starting

to get really annoying.

I've decided to take

the Southern route

across the Indian Ocean

to avoid any problems

with pirates up

in the North part.

It's quite a bit harder

and longer route,

so I'm actually

pretty nervous about it.

Anything can happen out there...

no winds for weeks,

or storms that keep going

over me.

So, that's kind of scary,

and at the same time it's like,

an awesome challenge.

Okay, no worries,

we'll talk to you tomorrow.

F***.

Whoa

Keep on turning

'Cause it won't be too long

We've been on the Indian Ocean

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