Phoenicia - four weeks in the Atlantic, heading for the Azores

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10:04 PM Fri 14 May 2010 GMT

'Where she is now - the Phoenicia’s voyage' .

It has been almost 4 weeks at sea since Phoenica, the replica 600 BC Phoenician sailing ship, left the Ascension Islands and she still has a very long way to go to reach the Azores. The ship is nearing the end of her journey to replicate a circumnavigation of Africa, thought to have been made in Phoenician times. This leg will cover some 3500 nautical miles - the longest leg of the expedition. It will be a challenging test to battle against the doldrums and unfavorable winds with many followers debating whether the Phoenicians could have ...

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