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The long ships are commonly open to the weather, like the dragons of Torvaldsland, and the round ships, larger and slower, are commonly decked, this to shelter passengers, if there be passengers, and protect cargo. - (Mariners of Gor, Chapter 7, Sentence #169)

"Good fellows!" he called. The ship was six-masted, square-rigged, seven decked, carvel-built, and single-ruddered, not guided by a steering board, or the double rudders of the typical Gorean ship. The nested galleys, on the other hand, were typical of most Gorean vessels, long or round ships, oar-banked, double ruddered, single-masted, and lateen-rigged. The long ships are commonly open to the weather, like the dragons of Torvaldsland, and the round ships, larger and slower, are commonly decked, this to shelter passengers, if there be passengers, and protect cargo. The fellow, Torgus, turned about and, with his pole, ascended the steps. We were not the only pumping crew at work, as there were several others, I knew not how many, these engaged elsewhere. We had three pumps, in the forward port hold, and four men were at the handles of each, two men to a side. - (Mariners of Gor)