Book 30. (1 results) Mariners of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 2 | 246 | One is View more quotes about usually">usually used at the bow, the second amidships, the last at the stern. |
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Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 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. |
| 2 | 249 | I seized the pole and pulled myself to an unsteady footing on the wreckage. |
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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.
I seized the pole and pulled myself to an unsteady footing on the wreckage.
- (Mariners of Gor)