The Sindbad Voyage (1980-1981) The famous adventures of the medieval sailor Sindbad, as recorded in One Thousand and One Nights, became the inspiration for Severin’s next voyage. After three years of researching the legend and early Arab and Persian sketches of medieval ships, he brought the project to Sur, Oman in 1980. Sponsored by His Majesty Qaboos sin Said, Sultan of Oman, he guided Omani shipwrights in the construction of the 'Sohar', an 87 foot replica of a ninth century, lateen-rigged, cotton-sailed Arab dhow. The ship was constructed in seven months of hand-sawn wooden planks sewn together with nearly 400 miles of hand-rolled, coconut-husk rope. Sohar left Oman on 21 November 1980. Navigating by the stars, Severin and his crew of 25 traveled nearly 6000 miles in eight months. From Sur they sailed east across the Arabian Sea, south down India’s Malabar Coast to the Laccadive Islands and on to Calicut, India. The next phase of their voyage took them down the coast of India to Sri Lanka. They were becalmed in the doldrums for nearly a month, suffered broken spars, and were nearly run down by freighters, but arrived in Canton[disambiguation needed] on 6 July. This 1982 Hutchinson Publishiing Group Hardback is in very good condition. ISBN: 0091505607 SKU: 1344449 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.
