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THE WHALE BOAT
DECK VIEW OF WHALE BOAT READY FOR THE CHASE.
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Plate 191.
DECK VIEW OF WHALE BOAT READY FOR THE CHASE.
[Scale 1/8 inch to foot. Parts of boats designated by figures and, utensils by letters ]
[number in parentheses indicates number of occurances]
| 1. |
Bow-chocks throngh which tow-line runs when fast to a whale. |
19. |
Mid-ship thwart for mid-ship oarsman. |
| 2. |
Lance straightener; a slot in gunwale for straightening bent irons. |
20. |
Center-board, box and well. |
| 3. |
Top or false chocks, nailed on gunwhales.(2) |
21. |
Gunwales. |
| 4. |
Box of boat. |
22. |
Tub thwart for tub oarsman. |
| 5. |
Clumsy-cleat or thigh thwart used by boat-steerer to steady himself during the capture. |
23. |
After thwart. |
| 6. |
Shackle or iron strap, for hoisting and lowering the boat to and from the ship. |
24. |
Well for bailing boat. |
| 7. |
Timbers of boat.(3) |
25. |
Plug for letting water out of boat when on the cranes. |
| 8. |
Platform (forward) upon which boat-steerer and officer stand when striking and working a whale. |
26. |
Platform (aft) on which officer and boat-steerer stand when steering boat. |
| 9. |
Risings, or top board of ceiling, on which the thwarts are placed and nailed.(2) |
27. |
Standing cleats upon which officer stands when going on to a whale in order to get a longer view . |
| 10. |
Harpooner thwart. |
28. |
Cuddy board. |
| 11. |
Knees on all thwarts.(4) |
29. |
Cuddy-boards; cedar boards filling up the stern of boat from the cuddy-board aft to stern-post.(5) |
| 12. |
Dunnage for all thwarts; the main thwart (16) is dunnage all the way across.(4) |
30. |
Logger head strip, or lions tongue .' |
| 13. |
Boat ceiling (inside planking); the bottom of boat.(3) |
31. |
Logger-head; an upright post with enlarged head, around the neck of which runs the tow-line when fast to a whale and by which the line is managed. |
| 14. |
Peak cleats; wooden cleats for the reception of the handles of the oars when apeak; used when fast to a whale, when the oarsmen are resting, &c.(4) |
32. |
Boat-iron, or shackle, same as 6. |
| 15. |
Peak cleat for tub-oar. |
33. |
Rudder. |
| 16. |
Bow thwart; a seat for the bow oarsman. |
34. |
Tiller. |
| 17. |
Mast-hinge and strap, showing mast-hinge block. |
35. |
High and low rowlocks (wooden), with holes for the reception of shanks of rowlocks.(3) |
| 18. |
Sail-cleats.(3) |
36. |
Bow-cleats; nailed to gunwales, and used in bowing on a whale, and also as safeguard in case the tow-line should jump from bow-chocks and preventing it from sweeping the boat aft.(2) |
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| A. |
First iron, shank resting in bow-chocks and handle in boat-crotch. |
J. |
Tub oar. |
| B. |
Second iron, placed in same position as first iron; the handle of first iron, which is the first instrument used, is placed in the top crotch; the handle of second iron is placed in the lower crotch; the extreme end of tow-line is bent in the eye of the first iron strap; these two irons are known as the live irons or live harpoons. |
K. |
Stroke-oar. |
| C. |
Spare irons on port side of boat above thwarts (the two other spare irons, one on either side of boat under thwarts cannot be shown in this plan).(2) |
L. |
Steering-oar, manipulated by officer of boat when going on to a whale. |
| D. |
Three lances (thrust by hand) on starboard side of boat, used in killing the whale. (3) |
M. |
Paddles.(5) |
| E. |
Boat spade on starboard side aft. |
N. |
Small tub with tow-line coiled down, containing 75 fathoms of line. |
| F. G. |
Harpooner oar. |
O. |
Large tub with tow line coiled down, containing 225 fathoms of line. |
| H |
Bow-oar. |
P. |
Tow-line extending aft from large tub around loggerhead and forward across thwarts to box of boat (4) where it is coiled and known as "box-warp" (P, P) thence extending to eye splice of first iron strap. |
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Q. |
Mast and sail.(2) |
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| R. |
Steering-oar brace. |
| I. |
Mid-ship oar. |
S. |
Lashing or strap for handle of steering-oar wheu not in use or fast to a whale. |
SIDE AND INTERIOR PLAN OF WHALE-BOAT.
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Plate 192.
SIDE AND INTERIOR PLAN OF WHALE-BOAT.
[Length, 30 feet.]
| 1. |
Bow, chock, and roller. |
15. |
Rudder. |
| 2. |
Clumsy cleat, and hoisting eyebolt. |
16. |
Rowlock for steering, oar. |
| 3. |
Crotch for bow harpoon irons. |
17. |
Hoisting eyebolt. |
| 4. |
Harpooncr thwart. |
18. |
Tiller. |
| 5. |
Paddles. |
19. |
Loggerhead. |
| 6. |
Harpoon irons, lances on opposite side. |
20. |
Boom for sail. |
| 7. |
Rowlocks for oars. |
21. |
Center case (small tub for 75 fathom-liue other side). |
| 8. |
Bow thwart. |
22. |
Large tub for whale line, 225 fathoms. |
| 9. |
Midship thwart. |
23. |
Gaff for sail. |
| 10. |
Tub thwart. |
24. |
Mast for sail. |
| 11. |
After thawrt. |
25. |
Keel and floor timbers. |
| 12. |
Boat spades and waifs ( i.e. small flags to locate dead whale). |
26. |
Main sheet. |
| 13. |
Lantern keg. |
27. |
Gunwale streak plank, 9 inches in widest part, generally colored blue in new boats. Timbers of boat of this size, about 6 inches apart (generally). |
| 14. |
Piggin (for bailing boat, &c.) |
28. |
Center-board partly down. |
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29. |
Boat's Ceiling. |
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SOURCE:
| Author: |
George Brown Goode |
| Title: |
The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States
"Prepared through the co-operation of the Commissioner of Fisheries
and the Superintendent of the Tenth Census by George Brown Goode,
Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and a staff of
associates |
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Section V: Plates -- 191: Deck view of whale-boat equipped with apparatus of capture and boat gear.
(Sect. v, vol.ii, p.241, 258.) Drawing by C.S. Raleigh. |
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Section V: Plates -- 192. Side and interior plan of whale-boat equipped with apparatus of capture, &c.
(Sect. v, vol.ii, p.241, 258.) Drawing by C.S. Raleigh. |
| Series: |
History and Methods of the Fisheries, (In two volumes, with
an atlas of two hundred and fifty-five plates) |
| Publisher: |
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1887. |
| and |
| Author: |
George Brown Goode |
| Title: |
The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States
"Prepared through the co-operation of the Commissioner of Fisheries
and the Superintendent of the Tenth Census by George Brown Goode,
Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and a staff of
associates |
|
Section V: Plates -- 191: Deck view of whale-boat equipped with apparatus of capture and boat gear.
(Sect. v, vol.ii, p.241, 258.) Drawing by C.S. Raleigh. |
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Section V: Plates -- 192. Side and interior plan of whale-boat equipped with apparatus of capture, &c.
(Sect. v, vol.ii, p.241, 258.) Drawing by C.S. Raleigh. |
| Series: |
History and Methods of the Fisheries, (In two volumes, with
an atlas of two hundred and fifty-five plates) |
| Series: |
Serial 2003 -- Miscellaneous Documents of the Senate of the United States
(First Session of the Forty-seventh Congress, 1881-'82),
Vol 11, 47th Congress, 1st Session, Mis. Doc. 124, Part 7. |
| Publisher: |
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1889. |
Last updated by Tom Tyler, Denver, CO, USA, September 9, 2018.
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