Book 30. (1 results) Mariners of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 2 | 38 | The View more quotes about captain">captain pointed toward the object in the distance, indistinct in the fog. |
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Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 2 | 35 | The mast is lowered when the ship prepares for action. |
| 2 | 36 | We were lateen-rigged, as is common, this allowing one to sail closer to the wind. |
| 2 | 37 | In Torvaldsland, and to the north, it is common to use a single rudder, and a single sail, square-rigged. |
| 2 | 38 | The captain pointed toward the object in the distance, indistinct in the fog. |
| 2 | 39 | The two helmsmen brought us about. |
| 2 | 40 | Another gesture from the captain, this to the keleustes, increased the beat. |
| 2 | 41 | As the mast went down our fellows at the springals lit the bucketed fires in which the oil-soaked wrappings on javelin heads might be ignited. |
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The mast is lowered when the ship prepares for action.
We were lateen-rigged, as is common, this allowing one to sail closer to the wind.
In Torvaldsland, and to the north, it is common to use a single rudder, and a single sail, square-rigged.
The captain pointed toward the object in the distance, indistinct in the fog.
The two helmsmen brought us about.
Another gesture from the captain, this to the keleustes, increased the beat.
As the mast went down our fellows at the springals lit the bucketed fires in which the oil-soaked wrappings on javelin heads might be ignited.
- (Mariners of Gor)