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t:e same time with a special hooked knife, with the aid of a winch in
A
cl-iz^?â.lo superstructure
The second half of the sternum is separated by means of the same
it is ec.si er to seiaarate the ribs from the spi ne ti^ilile the rope
winch.
^1•t;iie same time the flukes are out
from the winch i s being wound u^^ - :^. ^
off, at the last vertebra. To remove the seconc, dorsal flesh layer from
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the spiz;e, it is turned over by the winch in the central superstructure
(sometimes that i s clone with ^. windlass; •>
The flesh layer, which has
previously been undercut, is hauled away by means of a slip-knot tied
in the rope from the bow winch on the correspone'sin" side, and is cut
away and se parated from the spine; the latter is pulled by a windlass
to a power-driven saw and cut into small vieces.
Cuttin; up the whale' s head is the most diff icult operation.
After being cut transversely in-',-,o two parts, the head is sawn again
lon£;•itti^_dinally into pieces 50 to ^0 cm long, which can be put into the
boiler and are best suited for oil-extraction. Fat fl,esh is also out
into small -pieces and put into the oil-extraction boilers. These items
are loaded into the boilers with windlasses and special hooks.
T 'Cr 8-'^;'ü^? t,,1j_ULE CARCASSES
Dressing a sverm vrhale carcass on the sterndeck. As with baleen
whales, when a sperm whale is raised on to the stern deck the dorsal and
ventral blubber layers are cut through along the body. In addition, a
longitudinal cut is made in the blubber layer alon& the lateral line
from tail to head. A vertical out is made in the head not more than
0.25 metre froL*1 the anterior plane of the snout, followed by a horizontal
cut that joins up with the, longitudinal cut_ The rope that was used for
removin^; baleen is ,?assed througii a trian^;ular hole made near the vert
ical cut. °l'hen removal of the blubber layer is begun by means of a rope
from a loading derrick. At approximately one metre from the first hole
a second hole is made, through which a hook is passed; the latter is
attached to a. rope from a five-ton winch located in the central superstructure.
:-'he dorsal and ventral blubber layers are thus pulled off.
'.^'he
carcass is then turned over by means of winches on the port
and starboard sides of the stern supers t,:cucture.
Por that purpose a
lar^, f?_i:^-:•e^^•--ro-?e is i]nder. ti-.c caz^ca.ss and fd to a flii) :^er,
ard a sr;a.ll f-li-!,_:)cr-zopc is at uached to the lowea.• jaw. 1^.z•ter t•_e carcass
is turned over he re:;t of t^ie bluDl)(, -'T• 1:i removed, and the lower
jaw is rc:»oved, by means of winches a.nd windla.sses.