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HTML Title:
The Freewinds:
Scientology's Religious Retreat At Sea
Video ID:
freewinds_tour
Display Date:
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Display Location:
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
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The fully digital bridge of the Freewinds, with its state-of-the-art Kelvin Hughes Radar system, and its panoramic windows, enabling a 360-degree view.
After the ship's first 20 years of service to the Scientology religion, she underwent a full refit and restoration.
The refit was the largest in her history. Far more than a cosmetic upgrade, the ship was stripped from stem to stern, below the water line to the top of her stacks, covering all six decks. She emerged a brand-new, fully redesigned, technologically advanced, cutting-edge vessel, the ideal religious retreat for ministering religious services.
In June 2008, Mr. Miscavige was joined by the current and former Prime Ministers of the Netherlands Antilles in the Freewinds home port of Curacao to rechristen the Freewinds on her 20th anniversary and commemorate her Maiden Voyage as a wholly refit ship.