Side and interior plan of whale-boat - After thwart, Boat-iron or shackle, Boat ceiling, Boat spade, Bow-chocks, Bow-cleat, Bow-oar, Bow thwart, Box of boat, Center-board box and well, Clumsy-cleat, Cuddy-board, Dunnage, First iron, Gunwales, Harpooner oar, Harpooner thwart, High and low rowlock, Knee, Lance straightener, Lances, Large tub, Lashing or strap, Logger-head, Logger head strip, Mast-hinge and strap, Mast and sail, Mid-ship oar, Mid-ship thwart, Paddle, Peak cleat, Peak cleat for tub-oar, Platform (aft), Platform (forward), Plug, Rising, Rudder, Sail-cleat, Second iron, Shackle or iron strap, Small tub, Spare irons, Standing cleats, Steering-oar, Steering-oar brace, Stroke-oar, Tiller, Timbers of boat, Top or false chock, Tow-line, Tub oar, Tub thwart, Well for bailing

Whaling Source Whalesite

Plate 192

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THE WHALE FISHERY.
Side and interior plan of whale-boat.
Length, 30 feet.

(Sect. v, vol. ii, pp.241, 258.)
Drawing by C. S. Raleigh.

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1,	Bow, chock, and roller.
2,	Clumsy cleat, and hoisting eyebolt.
3,	Crotch for bow harpoon irons.
4,	Harpooner thwart.
5,	Paddles.
6,	Harpoon irons, lances on opposite side.
7,	Rowlocks for oars.
8,	Bow thwart.
9,	Midship thwart.
10,	Tub thwart.
11.	After thawrt.
12,	Boat spades and waifs (i.e., small flags to locate dead whale).
13,	Lantern keg.
14,	Piggin (for bailing boat, &c.).
15.	Rudder.
16,	Rowlock for steering, oar.
17.	Hoisting eyebolt.
18,	Tiller.
19,	Loggerhead.
20,	Boom for sail
21,	Center case (small tub for 75 fathom-line other side).
22,	Large tub for whale line, 225 fathoms.
23,	Gaff for sail.
24,	Mast for sail.
25,	Keel and floor timbers.
23,	Main sheet.
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).
28,	Center-board partly down.
29,	Boat's ceiling.

Note. – Oars omitted on this draft, full length being given on front and interior plan.

Source.

George Brown Goode.
The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States.
Section V, History and Methods of the Fisheries ... Plates.
1887.
At head of title page: "United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Spencer F. Baird, Commissioner."
Also on title page: "Prepared through the cooperation 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."
Also published as: Serial Set Vol. No. 2003, (47th Congress, 1st Session. Vol. No. 11, Misc.Doc. 124, pt. 7.)
288 p.
Maps Illustrations.

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