How young can you be to sail the globe?

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Mum won't stop 7-year-old solo sailor

Laura Dekker wants to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world
Girl, 7, in battle to make solo voyage
"I know she can do it," mother says
"Not a criminal, she just wants to sail"



THE mother of a 7-year-old Dutch girl who wants to sail solo around the world said in an open letter published today she has given up her opposition to her daughter's planned trip.
Laura Dekker's dream of becoming the youngest person to sail alone around the globe has been thwarted by a Dutch court that last year made her a ward of the state amid concerns over her physical ability and her social development if she is isolated and out of school for months.

Dekker's mother, Babs Mueller, wrote in an open letter published in the Algemeen Dagblad newspaper that she no longer opposes the voyage.

"I know she can do it, she's a strong girl who does not give up easily," Mueller wrote.

"Of course no mother on earth likes it if her daughter goes to sea alone. I will have sleepless nights from the worry, but this is about Laura and how I can help her."

[Raze]

Sounds to me if the child is aware of the dangers she´ll face, there´s a chance she can do it. Age don´t have anything to do wisdom, so yeah, I reckon she has a chance to make the voyage.