The traditional view is that the ancient Egyptians, and also the ancient Jews, were not seafaring people. Which would make them really strange Mediterranean folks!
I had the pleasure to walk evenings along the Corniche, a beautiful palm lined grassy park on the Arabian Gulf shore in Al Khobar Saudi Arabia. It is a truly beautiful park with sidewalks that curve in and out towards the water. Families gather and groups of men and women put down blankets to have tea or a picnic. Children run all about.
There are Americans like me strolling by and Indians and Philippinos.
Only the Philippinos and some of the Indians venture to the waters edge or actually in the water.
For the desert dwelling Arabs, the sea is for looking at, not for venturing.
The Egyptians didn’t even much like to venture outside the Nile Valley, though they managed to do so continually for a couple thousand years. Boats on the Nile were well-developed, uh, technology by the time Khufu had those two boats buried in pits near the Great Pyramid (4th Dynasty).