Gozonar

Part of Trade and Transportation of Otheia
The Gozonar is a common type of boat used by the Otheiae. Found along the coasts of the southern Realms, gozonars range in size and use from small fishing vessels less than 4 meters in length, to large merchantmen or military vessels of over 20 meters.
These boats are almost universally half-decked, though some have no deck, so as to carry more cargo than otherwise possible. With a crew ranging from 4 to 12 (who handle both the sails and the oars), Gozonars ply the channel to and fro, delivering cargo, passengers and messages between the coasts in a rapid manner. Indeed, a gozonar can make the trip from Rasek to the eastern ports of Berlby, a trip of nearly 300 kilometers, in a mere 30 hours.
Gozonars are most famously used as merchant craft, transporting tens of tons of goods and numerous messages rapidly. Despite this, fishing fleets comprising hundreds of smaller vessels prowl the shoals of the Channel, and some boats are pressed into service as raiders and naval vessels. Indeed, there are a few large craft built for such a purpose, with full decks, up to three masts, and banks of oars along each side.
Gozonars, being built for the confined waters of the Channel, are small, and have a low freeboard. However, they can be found within the rivers of Otheia, many miles upstream of the river’s mouth, and many captains will make the journey beyond the straits of Janiko, and north to Wyalien, or south as far as the lands of the Falkeni. There are even fishing fleets of the craft, operating on the Great Shoals, three days west of Janiko, though this is a voyage of danger, for a storm which a Galleon of Talensi could easily weather, would doom a Gozonar. Gozonars have ranged so far, in fact, that there are reports of their crews sighting land in the far west, though these are by large unsubstantiated, and the Talensi have claimed never to have spotted a Gozonar prior to their landing at Janiko.
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