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n a monthly basis, I field my fair share of calls regarding stories that are "perfect" for one of our publications. While we diligently attempt to track down and evaluate every lead, the sheer number of calls from around the globe makes that impossible. First, I always consider the source. Having served this market for more than 18 years, I have a rather large cadre of individuals and organizations that I explicitly trust to deliver unique and insightful article ideas and angles. That's why when the phone rang a few months ago and it was Jon Rusten, COO and VP Development for Ocean Development Group was on the other end, the call was not relegated to the voice mail bin. Rusten has a storied career in the maritime business, having served as the Vice President, Superintendent Newbuilding at Kloster Cruises, and Director of Ship Development and Construction at Disney Cruise Lines. At the time of stint with Disney, when the company was designing and building its first ships, he and his team provided to me excellent insights on the project, resulting in a lengthy feature in our pages. We caught up this summer, when he called to share with me his thoughts on a project he had just completed, the complete, top-to-bottom, inside out renovation of a cruise ship, the M/V Freewinds (ex-Boheme). What started with a simple phone call � and frankly a story that would generally be relegated to the "news" section of our pages � has ended with a six-page feature on the M/V Freewinds. Understand that M/V Freewinds is a unique ship with a unique owner. Conceived as a car ferry and re-planned at keel laying as a cruise ship, this vessel was one of the original ships to help launch the multi-billion dollar cruising business operating out of Miami and through the Caribbean. Making the story all the more intriguing: M/V Freewinds today, and for the past 20 years, has served as the cruise ship for the Church of Scientology. To put it simply there is a passion surrounding this project, this ship, that is immeasurable. There literally was not a single detail spared in the complete rejuvenation of M/V Freewinds, Another cruise shipping luminary who also worked on the project, Tomas Tillberg of Tillberg Design U.S., summarized the project like this: "This was a historic renovation, as this is one of the first ships to start the cruise shipping business in the Caribbean. To bring a ship like that back to better condition than when she first arrived is unheard of ... it is quite fantastic." The story starts on page 32 and runs through 37 (if I would have had more pages to spare, there would be more) incorporating more than a dozen pictures that are designed to capture the "before" and "after" essence of the project.
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