Book 8. (1 results) Hunters of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 2 | 84 | View more quotes about sand">Sand may be added or removed, to effect the optimum conditions for either stability or speed. |
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Book 8. (7 results) Hunters of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 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. |
| 2 | 87 | "Bring us in," I said to Thurnock. |
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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.
"Bring us in," I said to Thurnock.
- (Hunters of Gor)