Sailing News Thursday 2nd September 2010

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FRIDAY, 30 JULY 2010
	Gulf Coast - 100 days after the spill
	DESTIN, Fla. - Wednesday marks the 100th day since the oil spill began, and business owners across the Gulf Coast who've seen the tourists disappear hope that somehow the next 100 days will get better. The man in charge of making that happen is oil spill czar Kenneth Feinberg, the former special master of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. He's in Destin, Fla., on Wednesday meeting with jittery Read Full Story
WEDNESDAY, 28 JULY 2010
	Laura Dekker Forced To Stay Home
	The would-be youngest solo around the globe sailor, Laura Dekker, has been stopped once again, as Dutch child protection services in the Netherlands request judges, to lengthen her supervision by 12 months. Laura says she is totally ready for her 24 month solo sail around the world. She is resolutely determined to complete the trip before Sept 2012, when she turns 17. Spokesman for the counc Read Full Story
WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2010
	Parents of Young Sailor Should Be Held Accountable
	Ex-White House aide Robert Weiner and Noah Merksamer, policy analyst for Robert Weiner Associates, are asking why Lawrence and Marianne Sunderland are not being prosecuted for endangering their daughter, a minor, by allowing and expediting her extremely high risk, life-threatening solo boat voyage around the globe. In a column in the July 4 Ventura County Star (California), the paper near the Read Full Story