Book 6. (1 results) Raiders of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 14 | 16 | The View more quotes about dorna">Dorna's ram, a heavy projection in the shape of a tarn's beak, shod with iron, rides just below the water line. |
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Book 6. (7 results) Raiders of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 14 | 13 | She is long, low and swift. |
| 14 | 14 | She has a rather straight keel, and this, with her shallow draft, even given her size, makes it possible to beach her at night, if one wishes. |
| 14 | 15 | It is common among Gorean seamen to beach their craft in the evening, set watches, make camp, and launch again in the morning. |
| 14 | 16 | The Dorna's ram, a heavy projection in the shape of a tarn's beak, shod with iron, rides just below the water line. |
| 14 | 17 | Behind the ram, to prevent it from going too deeply into an enemy ship, pinning the attacker, is, shaped like the spread crest of a tarn, the shield. |
| 14 | 18 | The entire ship is built in such a way that the combined strength of the keel, stempost and strut-frames centers itself at the ram, or spur. |
| 14 | 19 | The ship is, thus, itself the weapon. |
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She is long, low and swift.
She has a rather straight keel, and this, with her shallow draft, even given her size, makes it possible to beach her at night, if one wishes.
It is common among Gorean seamen to beach their craft in the evening, set watches, make camp, and launch again in the morning.
The Dorna's ram, a heavy projection in the shape of a tarn's beak, shod with iron, rides just below the water line.
Behind the ram, to prevent it from going too deeply into an enemy ship, pinning the attacker, is, shaped like the spread crest of a tarn, the shield.
The entire ship is built in such a way that the combined strength of the keel, stempost and strut-frames centers itself at the ram, or spur.
The ship is, thus, itself the weapon.
- (Raiders of Gor)