The Whaleboat: A Study of Design, Construction, and Use from 1850 to 1970This updated edition of The Whaleboat is the definitive source for information on this important workboat type. Written by former Mystic Seaport shipwright Will Ansel, its 147 pages include drawings and specifications of five common whaleboat rigs, as well as whaleboat line drawings and construction drawings. |
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Common terms and phrases
American boats American whaleboats Arctic Azorean boats Azores battens beam Bedford Whaling Museum Beetle boats Beetle Whaleboat Bequia bilge boats built boatsteerer boom bow and stern bow chocks builders cedar ceiling centerboard Charles Beetle cleat clench nails clumsy cleat construction Courtesy of Kendall crew cuddy board curve davits double-ended Edwards boat equipment fastened feet long Fishery foot forward frames gaff garboard gear gunwale halyard harpoon Henry Hall hole hull iron James Beetle keel Kendall Whaling Museum lances laps lapstrake length lines plan lion's tongue loggerhead Long Island lowered mainsail Mariners Museum mast mate Midship molds Mystic Seaport oarlock oarsman one-half inches paddles peak Photograph planking port side pulled rabbet risers rivets Robert Allyn rowlock rudder sail sheer strake ship shore whaling shrouds sometimes sperm whale spritsail steering oar stem and stern stern posts stern sheets thigh board thwarts wales whale line whaleships
References to this book
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex Nathaniel Philbrick Limited preview - 2001 |