NFW.
NFW.
NFW.
No matter if my kid is a rocket scientist, a rockstar, and has the sailing skills of Captain Bly. It is the OCEAN. You make a mistake, you get sick, you encounter lusty pirates, you are vulnerable as an ADULT.
NFW, and I believe in letting them take risks and become independent. But not this. This is why there ARE laws, because parents like this actually CONSIDER letting a CHILD take such risks. TWO YEARS!! NFW.
Just FWIW, a friend of mine and his family sailed this route. It was incredibly risky but they had THREE competent, skilled sailors in the wife, husband, and teenage son. They went equipped with weapons for the very real possibility of pirates, and the whole thing took almost three years to plan. Listening to them plan it out, I can't imagine a child doing this alone.
NFW. DId I say that?