16TONS - Kuzira Bune ( Whale Boat ) from 16TONS , 1991 Release

Relive Nantucket's history while testing your mettle in a whale boat modeled after the kind that helped make Nantucket the whaling capital of the world.

Actual Whaleboat from Battleship USS IOWA BB61. Restored by dedicated volunteers from Historic Ships Memorial at Pacific Square.

'Whales could hear across the oceans before the advent steam ships' -the creation of a painting.

Whaleboat builds wooden boats

First Mate Jack entertains the crowd on Gatheralls Puffin and Whale Watch Boat. Bulls Bay, Newfoundland.

ERC/SOMIRA women whaleboat rowing team, May 2008, at the Bay Area Whaleboat Rowing Association (BAWRA) sprint at Alaska Basin in Alameda, California

Traditional Whaleboat Sailing in the Azores in Horta harbour. Sheree painting the Horta wall. Dean & Sheree on board Necessity, 2007

Larry's Whaleboat - pre-yacht stage

ITC women whaleboat rowing team, May 2008, at the Bay Area Whaleboat Rowing Association (BAWRA) sprint at Alaska Basin in Alameda, California

ITC women whaleboat rowing team, May 2008, at the Bay Area Whaleboat Rowing Association (BAWRA) sprint at Alaska Basin in Alameda, California

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Omer and his class from Escondido went on a trip to see whales out of Monterey.

jack-arse on holiday feat golden sloggi and ringo

The cold hard steel of the harpoon's point Struck deep into its side. We played out line and backed the oars And took the cruel sleighride. The term "Nantucket Sleighride" was coined by the whalers to explain what happened after they harpooned a whale. The first harpoon was not intended to kill the whale but only to attach it to the whale boat. Then the whale would take off pulling the whale boat along at speeds of up to 23 mph (37 kmh). The whale would tire itself out, then the leading officer in the boat would use a lance and stab the whale until dead. Nantucket Sleighride is Dedicated to Owen Coffin who was cabin boy aboard the whaler Essex, which was destroyed by a sperm whale in 1819. Owen ended up in the lifeboat with Captain Pollard, his uncle. Two other lifeboats also put out. During the next 3 - 4 months, the lifeboats separated. One was never seen again, but some of those on the remaining two boats were eventually rescued. During those long months at sea (and on desert islands), many of the men died. The remainder eventually had to resort to cannibalism to survive. After the dead of natural causes were consumed, the men determined to draw lots to see who would sacrifice his life for the others. Owen Coffin ``won'' the lottery. The Captain tried to take Owen's place, but the youth insisted on his ``right''. The executioner was also drawn by lot. That ``winner'', another young man named Charles Ramsdell, also tried vainly to swap places with Owen. Again he refused. Owen's body kept the others alive for ten days (Captain Pollard refused to eat his nephew). Another man died, and his body kept Pollard and Ramsdell alive a few more days until they were rescued. Lyrics Goodbye, little Robin-Marie Don't try following me Don't cry, little Robin-Marie 'Cause you know I'm coming home soon My ships' leaving on a three-year tour The next tide will take us from shore Windlaced, gather in sail and spray On a search for the mighty sperm whale Fly your willow branches Wrap your body round my soul Lay down your reeds and drums on my soft sheets There are years behind us reaching To the place where hearts are beating And I know you're the last true love I'll ever meet Starbuck's sharpening his harpoon The black man's playing his tune An old salt's sleeping his watch away He'll be drunk again before noon Three years sailing on bended knee We found no whales in the sea Don't cry, little Robin-Marie 'Cause we'll be in sight of land soon

Svenska Roddförbundets mästerskap 2008 Swedish whale boat rowing championship 2008

This is a work in progress for some friends that are super cool and into their micro sport of whale boat rowing here in San Francisco. They are always looking for a sponsor, they will do it for cheap, so if ya have a rich uncle, let's us know if they want their logo on a whale boat.

ITC women whaleboat rowing team, May 2008, at the Bay Area Whaleboat Rowing Association (BAWRA) sprint at Alaska Basin in Alameda, California

April 21, 2007 Noordvaarder, fifty yeays old whaleboat rowing over the Wadden Sea, Netherlands. Training for the famous Harlingen-Terschelling race, May 18th.

ITC women whaleboat rowing team, May 2007, at the Bay Area Whaleboat Rowing Association (BAWRA) sprint at Alaska Basin in Alameda, California

ITC mixed whaleboat rowing team, May 2007, at the Bay Area Whaleboat Rowing Association (BAWRA) sprint at Alaska Basin in Alameda, California

Donovan and Dad on fishing trip... no fish but plenty of whales up close and personal! Can a 24' boat survive the swipe of a blue whale? ...something to think about...

Three bears eating a beluga whale, boat ride and a wolverine outside Arviat,NU Couldnt film it steadily cuz of the waves keep moving the boat. Bears eating a beluga.

This is from my weekend trip to Boston. I went whale watching, and saw some of the historic stuff. Sorry that alot of it is shaky I was on a boat, it was little hard to control. From the start it is a stuatue of Sam Adams in front of Faneuil Hall. Then a little bit from the public gardens. Then Whale Watching(the majority of the video is this). Then the return to the harbor with some nice views of the City. Music: Kevin MacLeod

This encounter was off the coast of So. Calif Channel Islands. We were about 8 miles out near Santa Cruz Island. The hole thing lasted about 40 minutes.