Phoenicia - they've reached South AfricaBackground here.
(Sail-World)
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Leg by leg, they're getting there.
Recreating the first circumnavigation of Africa in a 600BCE replica boat was never going to be easy.
But this week Phoenicia was greeted with a very warm welcome at Richards Bay in South Africa, a little north of Durban.
A convoy of 21 yachts came out to meet Phoenicia and back at the Zululand Yacht Club a party of journalists, television cameras, port officials and local supporters were ready to welcome the Phoenician Ship Expedition team to South Africa.
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
Phoenicia reaches South Africa
THE GOOD SHIP PHOENICIA has reached South Africa: