" The Argo was no longer beached beside the other ships but rocked at anchor some distance from shore.
“The king’s orders,” Iolaus whispered. “He thinks that once the ship’s got all her supplies aboard, she’d be too heavy for us to launch. That shows how little he knows of ships, or how little he thinks of us!”
“Or how eager he is to be sure nothing keeps Prince Jason here,” I murmured. "

― Esther M. Friesner , Nobody's Prize (Nobody's Princess, #2)