Boatsteerer

Boatsteerer

A boatsteerer was a position on a nineteenth-century whaler. One of the most responsible members of the crew, his duty was to pull the forward oar of a whaleboat until reaching striking distance of a whale. He then would harpoon the whale with a lance or dart while a boat-handler guided the vessel. [cite web |url=http://www.whalingmuseum.org/library/heros/harpoon/boatsteerer.html |title=Harpooners & Boatsteerers |accessdate=2008-08-13 |last=The Kendall Institute |first= |coauthors= |date=2001 |work= |publisher=] [cite web |url=http://www.nantucketcommunitysailing.org/page/programs/whale_boat |title=Nantucket Whaleboat Adventure Rowing Club |accessdate=2008-08-13 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=]

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* History of Whaling

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