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Book 6. (1 results) Raiders of Gor (Individual Quote)

She has two steering oars, or side rudders. - (Raiders of Gor, Chapter 14, Sentence #22)
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14 22 She has two steering oars, or View more quotes about side">side rudders.

Book 6. (7 results) Raiders of Gor (Context Quote)

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14 19 The ship is, thus, itself the weapon.
14 20 The bow of the Dorna is concave, sloping down to meet the ram.
14 21 Her stern describes what is almost a complete semicircle.
14 22 She has two steering oars, or side rudders.
14 23 The sternpost is high, and fanlike; it is carved to represent feathers; the actual tail feathers of a tarn, however, would be horizontal to the plane, not vertical; the prow of the tarn ship resembles the ram and shield, though it is made of painted wood; it is designed and painted to resemble the head of a tarn.
14 24 Tarn ships are painted in a variety of colors; the Dorna, of course, was green.
14 25 Besides her stem and stern castles the Dorna carried two movable turrets amidships, each about twenty feet high.
The ship is, thus, itself the weapon. The bow of the Dorna is concave, sloping down to meet the ram. Her stern describes what is almost a complete semicircle. She has two steering oars, or side rudders. The sternpost is high, and fanlike; it is carved to represent feathers; the actual tail feathers of a tarn, however, would be horizontal to the plane, not vertical; the prow of the tarn ship resembles the ram and shield, though it is made of painted wood; it is designed and painted to resemble the head of a tarn. Tarn ships are painted in a variety of colors; the Dorna, of course, was green. Besides her stem and stern castles the Dorna carried two movable turrets amidships, each about twenty feet high. - (Raiders of Gor)