Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 30 | 64 | I View more quotes about supposed">supposed that any vessel so slow or unwary as to come beneath the bow of this leviathan would be shattered like kindling, crushed like a cache of vulo eggs beneath the tread of a tharlarion. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 30 | 61 | "There is no ram, as yet," I observed. |
| 30 | 62 | "One is not needed," he said. |
| 30 | 63 | "I suppose not," I said. |
| 30 | 64 | I supposed that any vessel so slow or unwary as to come beneath the bow of this leviathan would be shattered like kindling, crushed like a cache of vulo eggs beneath the tread of a tharlarion. |
| 30 | 65 | Tersites, incidentally, had recommended that the rams of galleys make their strike above the waterline rather than below it. |
| 30 | 66 | Some shipwrights had acted on this recommendation and others not. |
| 30 | 67 | The advantage of having the ram above the waterline is that it increases the speed of the ship, particularly if the ram has a flared collar. |
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"There is no ram, as yet," I observed.
"One is not needed," he said.
"I suppose not," I said.
I supposed that any vessel so slow or unwary as to come beneath the bow of this leviathan would be shattered like kindling, crushed like a cache of vulo eggs beneath the tread of a tharlarion.
Tersites, incidentally, had recommended that the rams of galleys make their strike above the waterline rather than below it.
Some shipwrights had acted on this recommendation and others not.
The advantage of having the ram above the waterline is that it increases the speed of the ship, particularly if the ram has a flared collar.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)