*On a more specialised note the '''whaler''' began as a whaleship’s boat – the small oar-powered boat with a harpoon firer on the “bow” (the whaler usually had two “pointy-ends") in which the hunters did their work. This design with added simple rig, became a standard ship’s boat in the [[Royal Navy]]. | *On a more specialised note the '''whaler''' began as a whaleship’s boat – the small oar-powered boat with a harpoon firer on the “bow” (the whaler usually had two “pointy-ends") in which the hunters did their work. This design with added simple rig, became a standard ship’s boat in the [[Royal Navy]]. |