Dutch teen sailor Laura Dekker completes solo world tour
Dutch teenager Laura Dekker has sailed into harbour on the Caribbean island of St Maarten - becoming the youngest sailor to complete a solo circumnavigation of the world.
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Miss Dekker, who is 16 years and four months old, set sail nearly a year ago to the day - January 20, 2011.
She has cut six months off the unofficial record set in 2010 by Australian
teenager Jessica Watson, who was days away from her 17th birthday when she
completed her own non-stop voyage.
Miss Dekker's parents, Dick Dekker and Babs Muller, her grandparents and her
sister Kim, as well as a 400-strong crowd of well-wishers - on shore and in
small boats - welcomed her when she docked at 7pm on Saturday night.
They jumped and cheered as Miss Dekker stepped off her yacht, Guppy, and
waved.
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