I must have misunderstood the few references I've seen to them.
>> The dry docks are called dry because they are the rare locations
>>where a dragonship is not anchored some distance from the shore.
How do you anchor in deep water?
A sea anchor merely reduces drifting.
>> Since the waertagi trade with both the mermen and the landbased
>> countries, most of the time a dragonship is docked far from land
>> (a wet dock)
>
>Clearly a case of Your Gloranta Will Vary. I find such a take on the
>term drydock needlessly confusing, but each GM to his/her own.
More a case of Your English Will Vary. A dry dock is exactly what it says it is - a dock from which the water can be removed leaving the ship out of water, usually for repairs.
-- Donald Oddy http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/
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