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Laura Dekker set a steady foot aboard a dock in St. Maartan, ending a yearlong voyage aboard a sailboat named "Guppy." Read the full story here. In this photo, Dekker, center, hugs her sister Kim Dekker, right, and mother Babs Muller after arriving to Simpson Bay, St. Maarten, Saturday Jan. 21, 2012. Dekker ended a yearlong voyage aboard her sailboat named "Guppy" that made her the youngest person ever to sail alone around the globe, although Guinness World Records and the World Sailing Speed Record Council did not verify the voyage, saying they no longer recognize records for youngest sailors to discourage dangerous attempts. (AP Photo/Stephan Kogelman) -
Dutch sailor Laura Dekker shows her passport where an immigration stamp shows the written word "Guppy," top page, after arriving to Simpson Bay, St. Maarten, Saturday Jan. 21, 2012. Dekker ended a yearlong voyage aboard her sailboat named "Guppy" that made her the youngest person ever to sail alone around the globe, although Guinness World Records and the World Sailing Speed Record Council did not verify the voyage, saying they no longer recognize records for youngest sailors to discourage dangerous attempts. (AP Photo/Stephan Kogelman) -
FILE - In this Dec. 19 2010 file photo, Laura Dekker poses on her sailboat Guppy after arriving at Simpson Bay Lagoon near Philipsburg on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten. Now 16 years-old, Dekker is on the final leg of her solo sailing trip, a stint from Cape Town, South Africa, to the Caribbean island of St. Maarten, where she set sail in 2010. She's on pace to reach port around Jan. 24, her lawyer Peter de Lange said on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Judy Fitzpatrick, File) -
Dutch sailor Laura Dekker throws a rope as she docks her boat in Simpson Bay Marina in St. Maarten, Saturday Jan. 21, 2012. Dekker ended a yearlong voyage aboard her sailboat named "Guppy" that made her the youngest person ever to sail alone around the globe, although Guinness World Records and the World Sailing Speed Record Council did not verify the voyage, saying they no longer recognize records for youngest sailors to discourage dangerous attempts. (AP Photo/Stephan Kogelman) -
Dutch sailor Laura Dekker steers her sailboat "Guppy" while approaching the Caribbean island of St. Maarten, Saturday Jan. 21, 2012. Dekker ended a yearlong voyage that made her the youngest person ever to sail alone around the globe. Dekker said she was born to parents living on a boat near the coast of New Zealand and said she first sailed solo at 6 years old. At 10, she said, she began dreaming about crossing the globe. (AP Photo/Stephan Kogelman)
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