Expedition Sails in Wake of the Phoenicians ; the Horn of Africa Is Infamous for Its Bloodthirsty Pirates, and the Cape of Good Hope Is Even More Notorious for Its Ghastly Wind and Weather - but Such Details Don't Seem Overly to Concern the Man Who Is About to Negotiate These and Many More Perils in a Type of Engine-Less Vessel That has Not Sailed the Seas Since Christ Walked the Shores of Galilee.

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The Horn of Africa is infamous for its bloodthirsty pirates, and the Cape of Good Hope is even more notorious for its ghastly wind and weather - but such details don't seem overly to concern the man who is about to negotiate these and many more perils in a type of engine-less vessel that has not sailed the seas since Christ walked the shores of Galilee.

In fact, the ship in question is being built not too far from Galilee at the moment. Built, that is, in a fashion that for a while had even the Syrian builders of traditional wooden boats shaking their heads in disbelief.

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Expedition Sails in Wake of the Phoenicians ; the Horn of Africa Is Infamous for Its Bloodthirsty Pirates, and the Cape of Good Hope Is Even More Notorious for Its Ghastly Wind and Weather - but Such Details Don't Seem Overly to Concern the Man Who Is About to Negotiate These and Many More Perils in a Type of Engine-Less Vessel That has Not Sailed the Seas Since Christ Walked the Shores of Galilee.

"'Why do you want us to use old iron nails when we've got strong stainless steel bolts?' That's the sort of question they were asking at the outset," laughs Philip Beale, leader and originator of the remarkable Phoenician Ship Expedition.

But Mr Beale is no stranger to turning the clock back a long, long way when it comes to the design and build of something that will float.

Five years ago he persuaded craftsmen on a small Indonesian island to build him an outrigger that...

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