Book 8. (1 results) Hunters of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 18 | 467 | It is, for View more quotes about example">example, extremely difficult to ram a ship of Torvaldsland. |
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Book 8. (7 results) Hunters of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 18 | 464 | They need not wait for it to turn. |
| 18 | 465 | There is a limitation here, of course, for the steering oar, on the starboard side of the ship, is most effective when the ship is moving in its standard "forward" direction. |
| 18 | 466 | Nonetheless, this property to travel in either direction with some facility, is occasionally useful. |
| 18 | 467 | It is, for example, extremely difficult to ram a ship of Torvaldsland. |
| 18 | 468 | This is not simply because of their general small size, with consequent maneuverability, and speed, a function of oarsmen, weight and lines, but also because of this aforementioned capacity to rapidly reverse direction. |
| 18 | 469 | It is very difficult to take a ship in the side which, in effect, does not have to lose time in turning. |
| 18 | 470 | Their ships are seen as far to the south as Schendi and Bazi, as far to the north as the great frozen sea, and are known as far to the west as the cliffs of Tyros and the terraces of Cos. |
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They need not wait for it to turn.
There is a limitation here, of course, for the steering oar, on the starboard side of the ship, is most effective when the ship is moving in its standard "forward" direction.
Nonetheless, this property to travel in either direction with some facility, is occasionally useful.
It is, for example, extremely difficult to ram a ship of Torvaldsland.
This is not simply because of their general small size, with consequent maneuverability, and speed, a function of oarsmen, weight and lines, but also because of this aforementioned capacity to rapidly reverse direction.
It is very difficult to take a ship in the side which, in effect, does not have to lose time in turning.
Their ships are seen as far to the south as Schendi and Bazi, as far to the north as the great frozen sea, and are known as far to the west as the cliffs of Tyros and the terraces of Cos.
- (Hunters of Gor)