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As the prow of the corsair ship at our starboard side slipped past our stern deck, like a long, gliding sea tharlarion, her port oars were withdrawn. - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 57, Sentence #23)

The enemy would, to the best of his ability, attack simultaneously at the port side of the Dorna and the starboard side of the Tesephone, but this maneuver, given a choppy sea, intermittent gusts of wind, the difference in vessels, a disparity of helmsmen and command, and the rocking of the target is more easily planned than executed. Ideally, from our point of view, the enemy vessels would be unable to attack our 'fort' at the same time, this permitting us to concentrate our forces in such a way as to match, or nearly match, the width of at least a first boarding party on one side. As suggested earlier, the lashing together of the Dorna and Tesephone made this possible, permitting a rapid, judicious distribution of men and resources, allowing them to be applied when and where most needed. As the prow of the corsair ship at our starboard side slipped past our stern deck, like a long, gliding sea tharlarion, her port oars were withdrawn. She ground against our side. As she did so, I called, "Oars outboard," and the oars of the Tesephone's starboard benches thrust out, trying to force a distance between the Tesephone and the corsair. Given the weight of the corsair and surge of the sea, several oars snapped, but others, some bending and others half broken, interposed themselves between the two hulls. - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 57)