Book 30. (1 results) Mariners of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 2 | 245 | The View more quotes about common">common galley usually carries three wharfing poles, for pushing away from a wharf, until oars can obtain their purchase. |
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Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 2 | 242 | Her starboard oars were mostly indrawn, or still. |
| 2 | 243 | The stroke of one of those levers can kill a man. |
| 2 | 244 | The hull of the galley was within two or three yards, and a wharfing pole thrust over the bulwarks, toward me. |
| 2 | 245 | The common galley usually carries three wharfing poles, for pushing away from a wharf, until oars can obtain their purchase. |
| 2 | 246 | One is usually used at the bow, the second amidships, the last at the stern. |
| 2 | 247 | They are also used to adjust wharfage, until the lines are snug to the wharf cleats. |
| 2 | 248 | In battle they help to prevent boardings, keeping another ship at bay until grappling hooks might be dislodged. |
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Her starboard oars were mostly indrawn, or still.
The stroke of one of those levers can kill a man.
The hull of the galley was within two or three yards, and a wharfing pole thrust over the bulwarks, toward me.
The common galley usually carries three wharfing poles, for pushing away from a wharf, until oars can obtain their purchase.
One is usually used at the bow, the second amidships, the last at the stern.
They are also used to adjust wharfage, until the lines are snug to the wharf cleats.
In battle they help to prevent boardings, keeping another ship at bay until grappling hooks might be dislodged.
- (Mariners of Gor)