Sailing a Ship Was 400 Years Ago

Elrond Hubbard's work as Commodore in this period was dreaming up ever more brutal punishments for Scientologists who made mistakes. One recruit watching the gangplank fail to spot that the ship's rubbing strike which is a boat thing I guess. It broke in a bunch of real sailors who were watching, laughed at Elrond Hubbard and his giant silly ship filled with cultist sailors. In retribution Hubbard assembled the crew and informed them that all of their Thetans had sailing experience in their other lives. He hired three professional sailor to help crew the 3200 ton boat that became the flagship of his fleet. According to Mr. Churchill, he called himself Commodore and had four different types of