In 1976 Tim Severin captured the attention and imagination of the world with his historic Brendan Voyage. Then, in 1980, with a crew including eight Omani seamen, in a ship made from Malabar timbers held together with coconut rope and painted with fish oil and sugar, he once more decided to take on a legend and recreated the Seven Voyages of Sindbad, to test whatever truth there may have been in the magical, mythical Tales of the Arabian Nights.
