The new cushions, sunshade and bright red sail are in place. And now 14-year-old Laura Dekker has the go-ahead she needs. A Dutch court ruled Tuesday the girl who was born on a yacht in the South Pacific is ready to embark on her dream of becoming the youngest person to sail solo around the world - meaning she could set sail in two weeks in a ketch named Guppy. “I was so happy I almost jumped into the water,” the teen gushed, after hearing the court's decision. She then hopped onto her red-hulled, twin-masted yacht with a cartoon fish painted on the side and did a celebratory circle for the assembled media in the still waters of the harbor where she lives with her father on a boat. The past year of legal wrangling and criticism of Laura and her family have been far from such clear sailing - and she faces more stormy waters when she sets off on her odyssey in her 38-foot (11.5-meter) yacht.
