Dutch schoolgirl sailor Laura Dekker, who has fulfilled her dream to become the youngest round-the-world sailor, arrived late on Saturday on the Dutch Antillean Island of St Maarten in the Caribbean, a year and a day after starting her epic voyage and breaking all the records she set out to surpass.
But the red, white and blue flag representing the Netherlands which had fluttered above the mast of her 30-year-old yacht Guppy on her departure had been replaced by the flag of New Zealand.
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