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RdB Shipyard Ships

 Heavy Tarn or Ram Ship

 

  • 120 oars - Triple Banked 

  • carvel Planked 

  • Keel to Beam Ratio - 8:1 

  • Keel: 128 Gorean feet

  • Beam: 16 Gorean feet

  • Draft: 4 Gorean feet, 1 hort.

  • Deck Width: 21 Gorean feet

  • Upper Deck with Quarter Deck and 2 lower decks

  • Rowing Deck: Open

  • Removable Masts

  • 12 Heavy weapons 

  • 2 Removable Turrets - 20 feet high

  • 2 Shearing Blades

  • 1 Longboat and punt

 

Medium Tarn or Ram Ship

 

  • 90 oars - Double Banked

  •  carvel Planked 

  • Keel to Beam Ratio - 8:1 

  • Keel: 80 - 120 Gorean Feet 

  • Beam: 10 - 15 Gorean Feet 

  • Draft:  3 Gorean feet

  • Deck Width: 15 - 20 Gorean Feet 

  • Upper Deck with Quarter Deck and 2 lower decks 

  • Rowing Deck: Open 

  • Removable Masts 

  • 10 Heavy Weapons 

  • Two removable turrets 

  • 2 Shearing Blades 

  • 1 Longboat and punt

 

Light Tarn or Ram Ship

  

  • 60 oars - single banked 

  • carvel Planked 

  • Keel to Beam Ratio - 8:1 

  • Keel: 50 - 70 Gorean Feet 

  • Beam: 6.25 - 9 Gorean Feet 

  • Draft:  2 1/2 Gorean Feet

  • Deck Width: 11 - 14 Gorean Feet 

  • Upper Deck with Quarter Deck and 2 lower decks 

  • Rowing Deck: Open 

  • Removable Masts 

  • 8 Heavy Weapons 

  • 2 Removable turrets 

  • 2 Shearing Blades 

  • 1 Longboat and punt

 

Serpent

  

  • 72 oars 

  • Clinker Planked 

  • Keel: 160 Gorean Feet 

  • Beam: 25 Gorean Feet 

  • Shallow Draft 

  • Removable Mast 

  • Square Sail 

  • Rowing Deck: Open 

  • Double Prow 

  • Hinged Tarn Head at Prow 

  • Steering oar on Starboard Side

 

Heavy Round

  

  • 200 oars 

  • carvel Planked 

  • Keel to Beam Ratio - 6:1 

  • Keel: 245 Gorean Feet 

  • Beam: 41 Gorean Feet

  • Draft:  5 Gorean Feet

  • Hold: 20 Gorean Feet 

  • Cargo Capacity: 7500 - 9000 weight 

  • Lateen Sails 

  • Permanent Rigging 

  • Rowing Deck: enclosed 

  • Longship and punt

 

 

Medium Round

  

  • 150 oars 

  • carvel Planked 

  • Keel to Beam Ratio - 6:1 

  • Keel: 110 Gorean Feet 

  • Beam: 18 Gorean Feet 

  • Draft:  4 1/2 Gorean Feet

  • Hold: 16 Feet 

  • Cargo Capacity: 5000 - 7500 weight 

  • Lateen Sails 

  • Permanent Rigging 

  • Rowing Deck: enclosed 

  • Longship and punt

 

 

Light Round

  

  • 100 oars 

  • carvel Planked 

  • Keel to Beam Ratio - 6:1 

  • Keel: 77 Gorean Feet 

  • Beam: 13 Gorean Feet 

  • Draft:  4 1/2 Gorean Feet

  • Hold: 12 Gorean Feet 

  • Cargo Capacity: 2500 - 5000 weight 

  • Lateen Sails 

  • Permanent Rigging 

  • Rowing Deck: enclosed 

  • Longship and punt

 

Barge 

 

  • Carvel Planked 

  • Flat Bottom 

  • Shallow Draft 

  • Keel: 77 Gorean Feet 

  • Beam: 16 Gorean Feet 

  • Depth: 6 Gorean Feet 

  • Cargo Capacity: 7000 weight

 

Brig 

 

  • Clinker Planked 

  • 2 Masts 

  • Keel: 123 Gorean Feet 

  • Beam: 31 Gorean Feet 

  • Draft: 10 Gorean Feet, 6 Horts

 

 

Cutter 

 

  • Keel: 29 Gorean Feet 

  • Beam: 8 Gorean Feet 

  • Draft: 4 Gorean Feet

 

Dhow 

 

  • Double Ended 

  • 2 lateen sails 

  • hull boards sewed together with especially treated binding fibers 

  • Stern rudder 

  • Rope steering system

 

Skiff 

 

  • Clinker built 

  • Rounded Bottom

 

Punt 

 

  • 15 - 22 Gorean Feet 

  • Flat Bottom 

  • Squared stern

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