I agree - I don't think it's as big of a challenge as the above commenter thinks. Phoenician boats would have been significantly shallower drafts, and more imp

I agree - I don't think it's as big of a challenge as the above commenter thinks. Phoenician boats would have been significantly shallower drafts, and more importantly, they would have been sailing with the wind and current, not against it, since they were coming north at that point, not going south.