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The lead transport's lower hull displaces the strait surface, and its broken wake begins at the stern. All six members of the Roman party are supported by floorboards or thwarts; occupied hands grip oars, shield straps or the gunwale. The working side oars pivot against their thole pins, with submerged blades pushing astern; the helmsman grips the steering oar at the stern quarter. Each following craft displaces water and trails its own wake toward the Italian shore. The Syracusan camp and Carthaginian camp occupy opposite landward approaches outside Messana. Both Carthaginian watchers stand or crouch on the rock above their camp, facing the lead transport. The lead transport is 9 m bow-to-stern; its six men average about 1.7 m standing, while the following boats are smaller through distance and hull length. 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