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    IIRC from a book, it took 15 days to sail from Brundisium to Alexandria with a cargo ship (good weather circumstances I presume) during Augustus' days. So that's three or four times the longest distance across the Aegean.

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    Depends on prevailing winds (and thus time of year) too. If you can use sail, rather than relying purely on oars, times can be cut drastically.
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    Default Re: How long does it take to sail across the Aegean?

    So maybe three to five days if the weather is good...

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    That's a ship from then though. A caravel from the 1400's or a clipper from the 1800's could do it even faster.


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    2-3 days tops.

    The distances involved aren't all that great. It was the weather that would be taken into account, first and foremost.


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    Default Re: How long does it take to sail across the Aegean?

    Salonika - Crete would take a little longer.

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