Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 30 | 67 | The advantage of having the ram View more quotes about above">above the waterline is that it increases the speed of the ship, particularly if the ram has a flared collar. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 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. |
| 30 | 68 | If the strike is made at or near the waterline the ram's effectiveness is little compromised, given the rise and fall of the sea. |
| 30 | 69 | "How can the ship defend itself?" I asked. |
| 30 | 70 | "Variously," said Aëtius. |
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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.
If the strike is made at or near the waterline the ram's effectiveness is little compromised, given the rise and fall of the sea.
"How can the ship defend itself?" I asked.
"Variously," said Aëtius.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)