Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 41 | 22 | In a View more quotes about galley">galley one would normally take down the mast and yard, that they not be lost in the wind, or, if necessary, rig the smallest of her sails, the storm sail, get the storm astern and run before her, as might a tabuk attempting to elude a pursuing larl. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 41 | 19 | To be sure, many storms cover the sea for hundreds of square pasangs and one can no more avoid them than the sea herself. |
| 41 | 20 | Too, some storms last several days. |
| 41 | 21 | One strives to weather such storms, and sometimes one must flee before them. |
| 41 | 22 | In a galley one would normally take down the mast and yard, that they not be lost in the wind, or, if necessary, rig the smallest of her sails, the storm sail, get the storm astern and run before her, as might a tabuk attempting to elude a pursuing larl. |
| 41 | 23 | I had confirmed with the helmsman the following morning that we had returned to our former course. |
| 41 | 24 | It would take us south of Cos, north of Tyros. |
| 41 | 25 | As noted, this was the morning of our third day at sea. |
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To be sure, many storms cover the sea for hundreds of square pasangs and one can no more avoid them than the sea herself.
Too, some storms last several days.
One strives to weather such storms, and sometimes one must flee before them.
In a galley one would normally take down the mast and yard, that they not be lost in the wind, or, if necessary, rig the smallest of her sails, the storm sail, get the storm astern and run before her, as might a tabuk attempting to elude a pursuing larl.
I had confirmed with the helmsman the following morning that we had returned to our former course.
It would take us south of Cos, north of Tyros.
As noted, this was the morning of our third day at sea.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)