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Humanity Has Failed: Millennials Who Sank Boat They Couldn’t Sail Get $13,000 In Donations For New Boat

Emily Zanotti

A pair of Millennials who thought they’d sell their possessions and live a carefree life, sailing from island to island on a 50-year-old boat — only to have their dreams dashed when they failed to learn how to sail and capsized their craft — have raised nearly $14,000 toward the purchase of a new boat.

Nikki Walsh and her boyfriend, Tanner Broadwell, along with the pair’s pug, decided a year ago to abandon their lives as working stiffs, and the daily drudgery of paying taxes and living like human beings, buy a boat and sail from island to island, cataloging their adventures for social media.

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