Frank Nelson in the forecastle : or, The sportsman's club among the whalers, by Harry Castlemon, 1876, no known copyright restrictions

“STICK TO THE BOAT, is your true motto in whaling; but cases will sometimes happen when LEAP FROM THE BOAT, is still better.”

— Moby Dick, chapter 93, The Castaway, paragraph 9, via @MobyDickatSea