3 = 4 



DISCOVERY REPORTS 



Table 6. The zchaleboat. Main construction features and complete equipment of a late nineteenth-century 

 American zchaleboat fitted for Sperm whaling compared with those of a present day Azores zchaleboat 



Gear or employment Late nineteenth-century American whaleboat 



Present day Azores whaleboat 



The whaleboat 



Towing behind the motor- 

 boat 



Sailing 



Pulling 



Hand harpoons and lances 



(Firearms) 



Tubs, whalelines, and 

 accessories 



Tending the whale line 



Reeving the towing-strap 



Waiting the whale and 

 signalling 



Equipment for survival at 

 sea 



Length usually 28 or 29 ft. 



Centreboard 



Bow chocks 



Bow box 



Thigh-board 



5 Thwarts 



Mast-hinge on bow-thwart 



Cuddy-board, aft, with Loggerhead 



( 1 Boat-warp or painter) 



.Mast 



Mainsail boom and gaff, or Yard and sprit- 

 yard 



1-3 Sails, usually, mainsail and jib 

 5 Paddles 

 Rudder 

 Tiller 



5 Pulling oars 



4 Iron spur rowlocks 

 1 Tub-oarlock 

 1 Steering-oar 



6 Harpoons (mounted toggle-irons) 

 4-6 Sheaths for harpoon heads 



1 Boat-crotch 

 3 Short-warps, each 4 fm. 

 3 Hand lances, mounted 

 2-3 Sheaths for lance heads 



3 Lance-warps 



Usually : 



1 Shoulder-gun 



1 Watertight lance-bag, containing 



4 Bomb-lances 



1 Darting-gun, rigged 



2 Line-tubs, one large and one small, con- 

 taining 2 Manilla whalelines, one 225 fm. 

 and one 75 fm. 



2 Tub covers 



1 Drug 



1 Blackfish poke 



i doz. Chock pins 



1 Kicking-strap 



2 Nippers 



1 Boat-bucket 

 1 Piggin 



1 Boat-hatchet 



2 Boat-knives 



1 Boat spade 

 1 Grapnel 

 1 Boat-hook 



1-3 Boat-waifs 



1 Boat-keg 



1 Lantern-keg, containing 



Lantern 



Matches or tinder-box 



Candles 



Hard bread 



Pipes and tobacco 

 1 Boat-compass 

 1 Small roll of canvas 

 Paper of copper tacks 

 Sometimes 1 Foghorn 



Length 30-38 ft. 



Bow chocks 



Bow box 



Thigh-board 



6 Thwarts 



Mast-hinge on bow-thwart 



Cuddy-board, aft, zcith Loggerhead 



1 Towing-warp 



1 Towing toggle 



Mast 



Mainsail boom and gaff 



2 Sails, mainsail and jib 

 6 Paddles 



Rudder 

 Tiller 



6 Pulling oars 



6 Iron spur rowlocks 



1 Steering-oar 



4 Harpoons (mounted toggle-irons) 

 2-4 Sheaths for harpoon heads 



2 Short-warps, each 4 fm. 

 2-3 Hand lances, mounted 

 2-3 Sheaths for lance heads 



3 Lance-warps, each 8 fm. 



2 Line-tubs, of equal size, containing 2 Hemp 

 whalelines, each 120 fm. 



2 Tub covers 



Usually 2 Nippers 

 1 Boat-bucket 

 1 Piggin 



1 Boat-hatchet 



2 Boat-knives 



1 Boat spade 



1 Grapnel 



Sometimes 1 Boat-hook 



3 Boat-waifs 



1 Boat-keg 



1 Lantern-box, containing 



Lantern 



Matches 



Candles 



Hard bread 



1 Boat-compass 



1 Small roll of canvas 



Paper of copper tacks 



