Laura Dekker

Laura Dekker is the youngest ever sailor to circumnavigate the world solo, achieving her dream in 2012 aged only 16, having defied authorities in her native Holland as well as the elements on her 15-month-long odyssey. Of German and Dutch parentage, she now lives in New Zealand.

Laura Dekker is the youngest ever sailor to circumnavigate the world solo, achieving her dream in 2012 aged only 16, having defied authorities in her native Holland as well as the elements on her 15-month-long odyssey. Of German and Dutch parentage, she now lives in New Zealand. See less