Different Types of Whaling Ships, and the common Whaleboat.

             Ships
Ships had three masts which each had a topmast and top gallant, and was square rigged. A ship could have as many as 37 people on board and could carry 4-5 whale boats with 2 extra. Each ship would have 6 men per whaleboat along with the cook, steward, cooper, blacksmith or carpenter.
           Brig
Brigs had two masts that were square rigged.
            Schooner
The Schooner was the Smallest ship which would have 2 masts with fore and aft rigging. Schooners would be able to go on shorter voyages, but were cheap to outfit, and so were economically profitable.
            Bark
Barks also had 3 masts, front 2 square rigged, back one was fore and aft rigged. Barks required fewer crew to handle sails as men went out in whaleboats after whales, so less crew needed and could have cheaper voyages.
          Whaleboat
Whale boats were 30 feet long, 6 feet wide approximately, and were light but strong with both ends pointed. They were equipped with long oars, up to 22 feet long, and had mast and sails with a rudder. They were made with a easy design so that they weren't hard to repair and could be crewed by six men
Each whaleboat carried 2 harpoons ready for use with 2-3 spares, and 2 wooden tubs with 900 feet of coiled hemp rope. The crew had to be sure it would uncoil nicely without any knots, otherwise the rope could get caught and could kill or main crew members. They would also have a Piggen for bailing, or wetting rope as it ran out so it didn't burn. They would also hold a Compass, lantern-keg with flint, steel, box of tinder, lantern, candles bread, tobacco, pipes, anchor buoys, had a dragging float to tire out the whale. A waif ( a long poled flag used to locate a floating carcass from a distance and to identify it for other whale ships) and a fluke spade to cut a hole in the whale tail and tow it back to the ship