The tables below give the average number of watches for talbars and river-going niviks to make the passage between indicated sites. These numbers are based on an assumed current of 2 MPs and assume the ship is kedging or rowing when it cannot run with the wind. (In general, unless the current is less than 1.5 MPs, ships make better progress by kedging or rowing instead of hauling.) As GM, you will have to decide how many watches per day to allow for "daylight" movement along the river. Certainly, attempts at movement along the river at night will call for frequent checks for grounding or other hazards. You will also have to decide just how much of each river is open to navigation. For example, I've listed the time required for a nivik to travel between Laket and Harden on the Horka River; as GM, you may decide the river above Harden is too shallow, narrow, or fast-running to allow travel that far upstream.
The passage times may seem counter-intuitive in that it takes a nivik less time to travel upriver than it does downriver in some cases, and niviks can make better progress than talbars when traveling upriver. This is due to H�rn's prevailing winds which aid ships, particularly the better sailing niviks, in overcoming the current in the Thard, Farin, and Ulmerien rivers. When traveling downstream, however, the favorable current does little to offset the inability of ships to beat to windward on these rivers; this is when talbars and pindas come into their own as they put their oars to work while the niviks are forced to kedge their way downriver.
The Horka and Eryn rivers are the exceptions - their currents flow with the prevailing winds.
By Nivik To --> \/ From |
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Mouth | ||||
Lerenil | ||||
Onden | ||||
Burzyn |
By Talbar To --> \/ From |
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Mouth | |||||
Lerenil | |||||
Onden | |||||
Burzyn | |||||
Geda |
By Nivik To --> \/ From |
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Thay | ||||
Efesir R. | ||||
Harden | ||||
Laket |
By Talbar To --> \/ From |
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Thay | ||||
Efesir R. | ||||
Harden | ||||
Laket |
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Mouth | ||
Trobridge |
By Talbar To --> \/ From |
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Mouth | ||
Trobridge |
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Aleath | ||
Dyrisa |
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Aleath | ||
Dyrisa |
By Nivik To --> \/ From |
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Golotha | ||||||
Techen | ||||||
Geshtei | ||||||
Coronan | ||||||
Telen | ||||||
Shiran |
By Talbar To --> \/ From |
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Golotha | ||||||
Techen | ||||||
Geshtei | ||||||
Coronan | ||||||
Telen | ||||||
Shiran |