Sailors, Whalers, Fantastic Sea Voyages: An Activity Guide to North American Sailing Life
Lewis Temple invents toggle iron harpoon Whalers enter Bering Sea Arctic 1854 Clipper ship Lightning built by Donald McKay sets a world record by traveling 436 nautical miles in one day 1861 Civil War devastates whaling and merchant fleet Confederates burn and sink 40 ships 1925 Final whaling voyage concludes with the return of the John R
In tr o d u C ti on magine yourself at the bow of a sailing ship the ocean spray on your face and the endless blue horizon ahead You are a sailor beginning a three year deepwater journey across the world What will you take with you Who will you leave behind Do you think you'll return alive The seafaring life was a challenging one in the 19th century whaling ships searched the seven seas for whales that yielded precious oil and bone Mer chant ships with their tall sails and sleek shapes rushed to trade cargo from foreign ports to America's shores Maritime history covers many subjects naval his tory fishing inland waterways commerce explo ration adventure and whaling Sailors Whalers Fantastic Sea Voyages An Activity Guide to North American Sailing Life takes you on a journey to learn about North America's deepwater sailors whalemen and merchant seamen who made their living from the sea and whose jobs took them away for months and
years at a time Our story begins with the daily life of the sailor We sail with him as we learn about the clothes he wore the food he ate and the superstitions he held about everything from sailing on Friday to losing a bucket overboard Then we'll make some sailor's crafts from shadow box ships to sea chests We'll hear stories about children who grew up on sailing ships and take a peek in the galley the ship's kitchen We ll even try our hand at making dandyfunk a sailor's snack Clipper ship Three Brothers 2 972 tons 2 696 metric tons Library of Congress In Chapter 2 we move on to the life of the whale men and experience the heart pounding excitement of the whale hunt We'll watch as a sailor goes from greenhand a new recruit to old salt an experienced sailor You'll see why the whale was so valuable in early America and how its oil lit the lamps of the world Along the way you'll see how whaling pro
gressed from coastal whaling in canoes to deepwater whaling in large wooden sailing ships Then we'll join the crew to mold a set of whale stamps which the whalemen used to record their sightings and stroll into port with a whalebone walking stick AL A Brig Ship At Barkentine Two Masted Schooner Types of Sailing Ships masts fore and aft sails jib sails bowsprit hull square sails Parts of a Sailing Ship
