The reg will tell you, 'A trip to the Freewinds is like a vacation. You get to see the islands in the morning and study in the afternoon.'

Read how a trip to the Freewinds can keep you captive in international waters. When you board the Freewinds, they take your passport 'for safekeeping.' This is true of ANYONE boarding the Freewinds. Hear what someone who has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to get to OT8 says.

Michael Pattinson OT8 stated, ' In June of 1991 I was forced to pay, despite vehement protestations, the sum of $7,400 to Scientology on the "Freewinds" ship. The ruse used on that Wednesday was that if I did not pay then they would withhold my passport from me until I did pay. They did so and I had to pay the money to get it back.'

http://www.scientology-lies.com/michaelpattinson.html

From: "Michael Pattinson" <mpattinson@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: A trip to the Freewinds is like being held prisoner in international waters
Date: 8 Apr 2006 16:54:58 -0700
Message-ID: <1144540498.526221.181930@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>

Freewinds:

Yes indeed, I think I was the most dissatisfied customer imaginable. It was a huge violation of my freedom and self-determinism. I paid the ransom for my passport, they gave me 2 or 3 hours of auditing I did not need or want and was then "allowed to leave!"

I swore when I left the ship that day that I would never return. I never have.

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