Noachi

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  • Typical features Length 30 ft, Beam 12 ft, Depth 5ft. Tonnage: 20-120 tons Crew: 2-8
  • Average Base Cost to Build 145,000 true
  • Average Time to Build 8-12 months

Around the islands of Corsain and Tilmar, this highly versatile craft is both commonly available and has been in use for centuries with only marginal changes to its design. In villages up and down the coasts, people use these as fishing vessels, cargo carriers, and ferries, as well as for many other basic uses.

While they will never set any speed records on the ocean, the noachi are perfect for rivers, lakes and coastal waters throughout both islands. There would have been hundreds of these craft across the islands, ranging from very small (around 21ft) to up to approximately 100ft were it not for Bloodstone's razing of the fleets. Now that Tilmar and Corsain have revitalized their shipbuilding industries, the shipyards have started to build these vessels again.

The largest noachi are the domain of either royalty or the very wealthy and end up being pleasure barges more than anything else. At larger sizes, the ships require relatively calm waters in which to travel.