Book 8. (1 results) Hunters of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 2 | 546 | In such a sea View more quotes about literally">literally, in spite of their beams and chains, they can break in two, snapping like the spines of tabuk in the jaws of frenzied larls. |
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Book 8. (7 results) Hunters of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 2 | 543 | Gorean galleys, in particular the ram-ships, are built for speed and war. |
| 2 | 544 | They are long, narrow, shallow-drafted, carvel-built craft. |
| 2 | 545 | They are not made to lift and fall, to crash among fifty-foot waves, caught in the fists of the sea's violence. |
| 2 | 546 | In such a sea literally, in spite of their beams and chains, they can break in two, snapping like the spines of tabuk in the jaws of frenzied larls. |
| 2 | 547 | In changing a sail, the yard is lowered, and then raised again. |
| 2 | 548 | In the usual Gorean galley, lateen rigged, there is no practical way to take in, or shorten, sail, as with many types of square-rigged craft. |
| 2 | 549 | In consequence, the different sails. |
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Gorean galleys, in particular the ram-ships, are built for speed and war.
They are long, narrow, shallow-drafted, carvel-built craft.
They are not made to lift and fall, to crash among fifty-foot waves, caught in the fists of the sea's violence.
In such a sea literally, in spite of their beams and chains, they can break in two, snapping like the spines of tabuk in the jaws of frenzied larls.
In changing a sail, the yard is lowered, and then raised again.
In the usual Gorean galley, lateen rigged, there is no practical way to take in, or shorten, sail, as with many types of square-rigged craft.
In consequence, the different sails.
- (Hunters of Gor)