Book 36. (1 results) Avengers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 5 | 79 | A View more quotes about ship">ship with two or three rowing decks favored speed over maneuverability, but, in battle conditions, would be likely to find it difficult to turn and close with smaller ships, lighter and more responsive to their helms. |
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Book 36. (7 results) Avengers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 5 | 76 | The rowing arrangements mentioned were common rowing arrangements, a single rowing deck, with twenty-five oars to a side or fifteen oars to a side. |
| 5 | 77 | Commonly there would be two or three men to an oar. |
| 5 | 78 | Usually a compromise was sought between speed and maneuverability. |
| 5 | 79 | A ship with two or three rowing decks favored speed over maneuverability, but, in battle conditions, would be likely to find it difficult to turn and close with smaller ships, lighter and more responsive to their helms. |
| 5 | 80 | A prairie sleen in the Barrens, for example, has little difficulty in avoiding the charge of the lumbering kailiauk. |
| 5 | 81 | Larger ships are most comfortable and successful when doing battle with vessels in their own class. |
| 5 | 82 | A single prairie sleen could bring down a kailiauk, but, given the size and danger of the kailiauk, the menace of its strength and horns, it will commonly attack one only in a pack. |
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The rowing arrangements mentioned were common rowing arrangements, a single rowing deck, with twenty-five oars to a side or fifteen oars to a side.
Commonly there would be two or three men to an oar.
Usually a compromise was sought between speed and maneuverability.
A ship with two or three rowing decks favored speed over maneuverability, but, in battle conditions, would be likely to find it difficult to turn and close with smaller ships, lighter and more responsive to their helms.
A prairie sleen in the Barrens, for example, has little difficulty in avoiding the charge of the lumbering kailiauk.
Larger ships are most comfortable and successful when doing battle with vessels in their own class.
A single prairie sleen could bring down a kailiauk, but, given the size and danger of the kailiauk, the menace of its strength and horns, it will commonly attack one only in a pack.
- (Avengers of Gor)