Book 9. (1 results) Marauders of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 4 | 172 | The average View more quotes about ship">ship of Torvaldsland is, by custom, bailed once a day, even if the bilge water does not necessitate it. |
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Book 9. (7 results) Marauders of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 4 | 169 | For a clinker-built ship, the serpent of Ivar Forkbeard was extraordinarily tight. |
| 4 | 170 | The ship, actually, had not needed to be bailed at all. |
| 4 | 171 | Indeed, it had not been bailed since Kassau. |
| 4 | 172 | The average ship of Torvaldsland is, by custom, bailed once a day, even if the bilge water does not necessitate it. |
| 4 | 173 | A ship which must, of necessity, be bailed three times in two days is regarded as unseaworthy. |
| 4 | 174 | Many such ships, however, are sailed by the men of Torvaldsland, particularly late in the season, when the ship is less tight from months of the sea's buffeting. |
| 4 | 175 | In the spring, of course, before the ships are brought from the sheds on rollers to the sea, they are completely recaulked and tarred. |
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For a clinker-built ship, the serpent of Ivar Forkbeard was extraordinarily tight.
The ship, actually, had not needed to be bailed at all.
Indeed, it had not been bailed since Kassau.
The average ship of Torvaldsland is, by custom, bailed once a day, even if the bilge water does not necessitate it.
A ship which must, of necessity, be bailed three times in two days is regarded as unseaworthy.
Many such ships, however, are sailed by the men of Torvaldsland, particularly late in the season, when the ship is less tight from months of the sea's buffeting.
In the spring, of course, before the ships are brought from the sheds on rollers to the sea, they are completely recaulked and tarred.
- (Marauders of Gor)