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One could almost walk upon the vines, but one could draw a small ship's boat, or raft, through them, hoping eventually to reach free water. - (Mariners of Gor, Chapter 13, Sentence #33)

The strange ships were flat-bottomed, and so could navigate rivers, perhaps by poling or towing, and shallow waters, as well as the sea. Several, on the other hand, possessed daggerboards, which, by means of a slot in the hull, might be raised or lowered, these, when lowered, providing greater stability in open water. But all, however fitted, had been arrested here, tangled in the growth. One could almost walk upon the vines, but one could draw a small ship's boat, or raft, through them, hoping eventually to reach free water. The mystery of the parsit was solved, of course, as this wilderness of efflorescent plant life in the sea, floating like a vast park of life, drew myriads of small creatures, and these would draw the parsit, and the parsit would draw the shark, the grunt, and the unusual tharlarion. So there was no reason to believe that we were near shore. This growth, called the Vine Sea, is unanchored. - (Mariners of Gor)