Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 30 | 35 | "As you will note, in the frame," said Aëtius, "the keel is unusually View more quotes about deep">deep". |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 30 | 32 | I noted that the ship was carvel-built, with fitted planking, as opposed to being clinker-built, or with overlapping planking. |
| 30 | 33 | The dragons of Torvaldsland are clinker-built. |
| 30 | 34 | In this respect they ship more water, but they are more elastic in rough seas, and thus less likely to break apart. |
| 30 | 35 | "As you will note, in the frame," said Aëtius, "the keel is unusually deep". |
| 30 | 36 | "The ship is large," I said. |
| 30 | 37 | "Even so," he said. |
| 30 | 38 | This information made me somewhat apprehensive, for it suggested that the designer of the ship was planning it not for swiftness and maneuverability, common features of a Gorean galley, even the so-called "round ships," but for stability in serious weather. |
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I noted that the ship was carvel-built, with fitted planking, as opposed to being clinker-built, or with overlapping planking.
The dragons of Torvaldsland are clinker-built.
In this respect they ship more water, but they are more elastic in rough seas, and thus less likely to break apart.
"As you will note, in the frame," said Aëtius, "the keel is unusually deep".
"The ship is large," I said.
"Even so," he said.
This information made me somewhat apprehensive, for it suggested that the designer of the ship was planning it not for swiftness and maneuverability, common features of a Gorean galley, even the so-called "round ships," but for stability in serious weather.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)