The Nantucket Sleighride

I spent the morning in Aberdeen talking to a branch of the Probus Club about the history of the old Scottish Greenland whale fishery. I hope that they enjoyed it as much as I shall enjoy the bottle of champers that they gave to me by way of a thank you.
Anyway, with whaling in mind I have blipped a whaler in a bottle. If you put the telescope to your eye you will see that the American whaler has launched her rowing boat and that the men in it have managed to harpoon a spouting sperm-whale. Attached to the diving Leviathan by a strong rope they are now crashing through the waves "enjoying" what was known as the Nantucket Sleighride.
The whaler in a bottle is one of my less successful Ebay purchases; I thought that it had some age, but when it arrived I was gutted to find that the ship was made of plastic!
The location shows where the action took place, I'm still here!