Book 8. (1 results) Hunters of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 2 | 81 | The Tesephone, like View more quotes about almost">almost all galleys, is ballasted with sand, kept in the lower hold. |
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Book 8. (7 results) Hunters of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 2 | 78 | In it the water which is inevitably shipped between the caulked, tarred, expanding, contracting, sea-buffeted wooden planking is gathered. |
| 2 | 79 | It is commonly foul, and briny. |
| 2 | 80 | The bilge is pumped once a day in calm weather; twice, or more, if the sea is heavy. |
| 2 | 81 | The Tesephone, like almost all galleys, is ballasted with sand, kept in the lower hold. |
| 2 | 82 | If she carries much cargo in the first hold, forcing her lower in the water, sand may be discarded. |
| 2 | 83 | Such galleys normally function optimally with a freeboard area of three to five feet. |
| 2 | 84 | Sand may be added or removed, to effect the optimum conditions for either stability or speed. |
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In it the water which is inevitably shipped between the caulked, tarred, expanding, contracting, sea-buffeted wooden planking is gathered.
It is commonly foul, and briny.
The bilge is pumped once a day in calm weather; twice, or more, if the sea is heavy.
The Tesephone, like almost all galleys, is ballasted with sand, kept in the lower hold.
If she carries much cargo in the first hold, forcing her lower in the water, sand may be discarded.
Such galleys normally function optimally with a freeboard area of three to five feet.
Sand may be added or removed, to effect the optimum conditions for either stability or speed.
- (Hunters of Gor)