Book 9. (7 results) Marauders of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 153 | The ship, like most of the northern ships, was clinker built, being constructed of overlapping planks, or strakes, the frame then fitted within them. |
| 2 | 154 | Between the strakes tarred ropes and tar served as caulking. |
| 2 | 155 | Outside the planks, too, was a coating of painted tar, to protect them from the sea, and the depredations of ship worms. |
| 2 | 156 | The tar was painted red and black, in irregular lines. |
| 2 | 157 | The ship, at night, mast down, with such colorings, moving inland on a river, among the shadows, would be extremely difficult to detect. |
| 2 | 158 | It was a raider's ship. |
| 2 | 159 | The clinker-built construction, as opposed to the carvel construction of the south, with flush planking, is somewhat more inclined to leak, but it is much stronger in the high waters of the north. |
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The ship, like most of the northern ships, was clinker built, being constructed of overlapping planks, or strakes, the frame then fitted within them.
Between the strakes tarred ropes and tar served as caulking.
Outside the planks, too, was a coating of painted tar, to protect them from the sea, and the depredations of ship worms.
The tar was painted red and black, in irregular lines.
The ship, at night, mast down, with such colorings, moving inland on a river, among the shadows, would be extremely difficult to detect.
It was a raider's ship.
The clinker-built construction, as opposed to the carvel construction of the south, with flush planking, is somewhat more inclined to leak, but it is much stronger in the high waters of the north.
- (Marauders of Gor, Chapter )