# Boatsteerer

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A '''boatsteerer''' was a position on a nineteenth-century [whaleship](/source/whaler). One of the most responsible members of the crew, a boatsteerer's duty was to pull the forward oar of a [whaleboat](/source/whaleboat) until reaching within striking distance of a [whale](/source/whale). He would then [harpoon](/source/harpoon) the whale with an iron while the boat-handler (mate) guided the boat.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.whalingmuseum.org/library/heros/harpoon/boatsteerer.html |title=Harpooners & Boatsteerers |accessdate=2008-08-13 |last=The Kendall Institute |date=2001 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121052537/http://www.whalingmuseum.org/library/heros/harpoon/boatsteerer.html |archivedate=2008-11-21 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nantucketcommunitysailing.org/page/programs/whale_boat|title=Nantucket Whaleboat Adventure Rowing Club|accessdate=2008-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905203445/http://www.nantucketcommunitysailing.org/page/programs/whale_boat|archive-date=2008-09-05|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==See also==
* [History of Whaling](/source/History_of_Whaling)

==References==
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Category:Marine occupations
Category:Whaling

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