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| 49 | 110 | If all View more quotes about seemed">seemed safe, the larger vessel, the fifty-oared Dorna, would follow. |
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| 49 | 107 | I listened for moment. |
| 49 | 108 | "The Tesephone," I said. |
| 49 | 109 | The lighter ship would approach the shore first, stern forward, and discharge scouts to survey the beach. |
| 49 | 110 | If all seemed safe, the larger vessel, the fifty-oared Dorna, would follow. |
| 49 | 111 | Both vessels would, in this place and time, beach stern first, permitting a quicker return to the water. |
| 49 | 112 | The lightness and shallow draft of most Gorean vessels makes beaching and half-beaching possible. |
| 49 | 113 | Stakes and ropes are sometimes used as well to anchor ships in place, particularly 'round ships', which have somewhat broader beams than 'knife ships'. |