Book 8. (1 results) Hunters of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 2 | 83 | Such View more quotes about galleys">galleys normally function optimally with a freeboard area of three to five feet. |
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Book 8. (7 results) Hunters of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 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. |
| 2 | 85 | Without adequate ballast, of course, the ship is at the mercy of the sea. |
| 2 | 86 | The sand in the lower hold is usually quite cool, and, buried in it, are commonly certain perishables, such as eggs, and bottled wines. |
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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.
Without adequate ballast, of course, the ship is at the mercy of the sea.
The sand in the lower hold is usually quite cool, and, buried in it, are commonly certain perishables, such as eggs, and bottled wines.
- (Hunters of Gor)