For many days we made slow headway and barely managed to come off Cnidus; and since the wind would not let us hold our course, we sailed under the lee of Crete, off Salmone.
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5We crossed the open sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia and came to Myra in Lycia. 6There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship bound for Italy and put us aboard. 7For many days we made slow headway and barely managed to come off Cnidus; and since the wind would not let us hold our course, we sailed under the lee of Crete, off Salmone. 8Hugging the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea. 9Much time had been lost, and sailing had already become dangerous, since even the Fast was over. So Paul warned them:
