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by rsynnott 476 days ago
> They found some crew members [for a rationalist boat], including one, Dan Powell, who had nautical experience from a stint in the US navy. On 20 July, they set out from Alaska. It went mostly without incident, though one crew member who found Ziz’s assertiveness off-putting debarked early.

What is it with cults and boats? L Ron Hubbard did this, too (albeit for different stated reasons).

> The Coast Guard declared the ship a “threat to the public health” and demanded an improvement plan.

Ah, see, they should have adopted the Hubbard approach of just completely ignoring authorities' complaints about his various dubious boats (this, somehow, tended to more or less work out for him).

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It's because of the implication