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Putting to sea from there, we sailed close to the sheltered side of Cyprus because the winds were against us,
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then across the open sea along the coasts of Cilicia and Pamphylia; and so we reached Myra in Lycia.
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There the Roman officer found an Alexandrian vessel sailing to Italy and put us aboard.
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For a number of days we made little headway, and we arrived off Cnidus only with difficulty. The wind would not let us continue any farther along the direct route; so we ran down along the sheltered side of Crete from Cape Salmone;
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and, continuing to struggle on, hugging the coast, we reached a place called Pleasant Harbor, near the town of Lasea.
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Since much time had been lost, and continuing the voyage was risky, because it was already past Yom-Kippur, Sha'ul advised them,
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"Men, I can see that our voyage is going to be a catastrophe, not only with huge losses to the cargo and the ship but with loss of our lives as well."
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However, the officer paid more attention to the pilot and the ship's owner than to what Sha'ul said.
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Moreover, since the harbor was not well suited to sitting out the winter, the majority reached the decision to sail on from there in the hope of reaching Phoenix, another harbor in Crete, and wintering there, where it is protected from the southwest and northwest winds.
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When a gentle southerly breeze began to blow, they thought that they had their goal within grasp; so they raised the anchor and started coasting by Crete close to shore.
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But before long there struck us from land a full gale from the northeast, the kind they call an Evrakilon.