process mooring a killed whale
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- head to stern
- tail to bows
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- heavy chains
- mooring line with float and weight
- description
- The procedure of securing a killed whale alongside the ship, typically involving tying its head to the stern and tail to the bows using heavy chains and specialized lines.
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- flukes
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- he issued the usual orders for securing it for the night
- referenced_byHeavy Chains (mooring)
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- But by those clanking links, the vast corpse itself, not the ship, is to be moored
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- The strongest and most reliable hold which the ship has upon the whale when moored alongside, is by the flukes or tail
- referenced_byMooring Line with Float and Weight
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- this difficulty is ingeniously overcome: a small, strong line is prepared with a wooden float at its outer end, and a weight in its middle, while the other end is secured to the ship. By adroit management the wooden float is made to rise on the other side of the mass, so that now having girdled the whale, the chain is readily made to follow suit
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- 2026-03-02T00:08:20.516Z
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