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A Leap of Faith

By George Day · On December 21, 2018

Just after six months of knowing one another, Morgan Campbell and Eric Laakmann decided to quit their jobs and sail around the world on a 55 foot Outremer catamaran.

 

(SF Gate)  – Morgan Campbell, 30, had only known her new boyfriend Eric Laakmann for six months when she decided to move aboard his catamaran sailboat in San Francisco.

Even though they had been dating for such a short time, they knew one thing: they both wanted to sail around the world.

“At first I thought, wow, this guy is moving fast,” said Morgan. “It was only our third or fourth date when he started talking about sailing the world in his catamaran.”

But the idea appealed to Morgan. She’d spent every summer sailing with her family and was on a race team in high school. Sailing was one of her passions. Read More

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