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AJAX NEWS PHOTOS - 9 DEC 1980 - THE 90 FOOT (27M) REPLICA OF AN ARAB 'GANJA' - THE SOHAR, WHICH SAILED FROM MUSCAT LAST 23/11/80 ON THE FIRST LEG OF AN EXPEDITIONARY VOYAGE TO CHINA UNDER THE COMMAND OF TIMOTHY SEVERIN IN AN ATTEMPT TO FOLLOW IN THE WAKE OF LEGENDARY SINBAD THE SAILOR. THE TIMBER BUILT VESSEL IS STITCHED TOGETHER USING OVER 400 MILES OF SPECIALLY PREPARED COCNUT ROPE AND WAS HAND CRAFTED BY 32 SHIPRIGHTS IN SUR, OMAN. SEVERIN WILL MAKE A STOP AT HE MALDIVE ISLANDS IN JAN 1981.
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