Welcome to the Phoenician Ship Expedition website. This Expedition is attempting to recreate the first circumnavigation of Africa, accomplished by Phoenician mariners in 600BC, in a replica Phoenician/Mediterranean vessel.

Phoenicia arrives at Horta in the Azores
Phoenicia has now made landfall at Horta in the Azores after a short passage from Flores following an epic 82 days at sea from St Helena. In Horta the crew will be joined by 3 additional members (Niklas, Edward and Yuri) and pick up further supplies before embarking on the next passage to Gibraltar.

New photo gallery of Phoenicia in the North Atlantic
Rachel and Carl Severson, owners of the yacht Sophia (pictured left), who sailed past Phoenicia in the North Atlantic managed to capture the exchange on camera. Click here to view the new gallery.


Crew profiles feature in the Captain's blog
Captain Philip Beale begins a profile on each of his international crew in the ships blog. American crew member Daniel Hallstrom features in this weeks crew profile. Click here to read the crew pofile.
 

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