Indian George
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Thing you can build one like this???
http://whalingcity.net/picture_whaling_rocket.htm
New Bedford Whaling Rocket And Gun
The Whaling Rocket and also the Harpoon Gun took the place of the hand held harpoon and greatly
improved the efficiency and safety of the hunt.
It allowed whalers to be at a greater distance from the kill and therefore less in harms way
from the whale's retribution.
Whales had sunk ships and taken the smaller whale boats for a "Nantucket Sleigh Ride" sometimes
causing the smaller craft to become lost from the mother ship.
A "Nantucket Sleigh Ride" was when a smaller whaling boat hooked onto a whale and the whale took off
dragging the smaller boat with him or her ...whatever sex the whale was.
When the whale sounded and went deep, the line sometimes ran out and if it was tied to the boat,
the boat could be pulled under water very quickly and men lost their lives in that way.
http://whalingcity.net/picture_whaling_rocket.htm
New Bedford Whaling Rocket And Gun
The Whaling Rocket and also the Harpoon Gun took the place of the hand held harpoon and greatly
improved the efficiency and safety of the hunt.
It allowed whalers to be at a greater distance from the kill and therefore less in harms way
from the whale's retribution.
Whales had sunk ships and taken the smaller whale boats for a "Nantucket Sleigh Ride" sometimes
causing the smaller craft to become lost from the mother ship.
A "Nantucket Sleigh Ride" was when a smaller whaling boat hooked onto a whale and the whale took off
dragging the smaller boat with him or her ...whatever sex the whale was.
When the whale sounded and went deep, the line sometimes ran out and if it was tied to the boat,
the boat could be pulled under water very quickly and men lost their lives in that way.
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