He loved boats so much that the royal carpenters were ordered to make a flotilla of 1400 vessels for his bathtub, which was also enlarged to the size of an inland sea. John Paul's feats were courageous and/or curious. He was the first person to traverse the Great Sea in a one-man ship and also set a new record for the most circumnavigations of Antharia on a raft, towed by groupers. At the age of 28 he joined the royal navy. In the following 5 years he became the ranking admiral. By the following 2 years every ship in the navy had been sunk or lost.