Book 9. (1 results) Marauders of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 2 | 146 | It fitted into two blocks of wood, and was wedged in the top View more quotes about block">block by means of a heavy, diagonal wooden plug, driven tight with hammers. |
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Book 9. (7 results) Marauders of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 2 | 143 | The thole ports, I noted, had covers on the inside, on swivels, which permitted them to be closed when the ship was under sail. |
| 2 | 144 | The sail was quite different from the southern ships, being generally squarish, though somewhat wider at the bottom. |
| 2 | 145 | The mast, like that of the southern ships, could be lowered. |
| 2 | 146 | It fitted into two blocks of wood, and was wedged in the top block by means of a heavy, diagonal wooden plug, driven tight with hammers. |
| 2 | 147 | The northern ship carries one sail, not the several sails, all lateens, of the southern ships, which must be removed and replaced. |
| 2 | 148 | It was an all-purpose sail, hung straight from a spar of needle wood. |
| 2 | 149 | It can be shortened or let out by reefing ropes. |
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The thole ports, I noted, had covers on the inside, on swivels, which permitted them to be closed when the ship was under sail.
The sail was quite different from the southern ships, being generally squarish, though somewhat wider at the bottom.
The mast, like that of the southern ships, could be lowered.
It fitted into two blocks of wood, and was wedged in the top block by means of a heavy, diagonal wooden plug, driven tight with hammers.
The northern ship carries one sail, not the several sails, all lateens, of the southern ships, which must be removed and replaced.
It was an all-purpose sail, hung straight from a spar of needle wood.
It can be shortened or let out by reefing ropes.
- (Marauders of Gor)