A Nantucket sleighride is the dragging of a whaleboat by a harpooned whale while whaling. The whale is harpooned but it sinks the chase boat. The last whale, a sperm whale, was harpooned on 20 November 1978. Although they knew that whales were harmless giants, they described battles with harpooned animals. The harpax allowed an enemy vessel to be harpooned and then winched alongside for boarding. After several failed attempts, they harpooned the humpback on 31 December 1883. Amos Smalley harpooned the white whale and recounted his experience to "Reader's Digest". Wild arapaima are harpooned or caught in large nets. The ship was also fitted with check boards to increase the drag on harpooned whales. He was killed by Sinbad when the latter harpooned him in the mouth. Moby Doll was harpooned and shot at by Burich but did not die. Harpooned during a failed hunt, it was found dead off of Stonehaven a week later. This is where he was found harpooned.