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Reaper is a restored historic Fifie
Fifie

The Fifie is a design of sailing boat developed on the east coast of Scotland. It was used by Scottish fishing from the 1850s until well into the 20th century....
 herring
Herring

Herring are small, oily fish of the genus Clupea found in the shallow, temperate waters of the North Pacific Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, including the Baltic Sea....
 drifter
Drift net

Drift netting is a fishing technique where Fishing net, called drift nets, are allowed to drift free in a sea or lake. Usually a drift net is a gill net with floats attached to a rope along the top of the net, and weights attached to another rope along the foot of the net....
 which is registered by the National Historic Ships Committee
National Historic Ships Committee

The National Historic Ships Committee is the co-ordinating body tasked with promoting the Cultural heritage of significant ships and vessels which reflect the United Kingdom maritime history....
 as part of the Core Collection of historic vessels in the UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, and currently operates as a museum ship
Museum ship

A museum ship, or sometimes memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public, for educational or memorial purposes....
.

t by J. & G. Forbes of Sandhaven
Sandhaven

Sandhaven is a small fishing village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland that lies between Rosehearty and Fraserburgh. It is joined to the West to the even smaller village of Pitullie....
 in 1901, she is 21 metres long and of carvel
Carvel (boat building)

In boat building, carvel built or carvel planking is a method of constructing wooden boats and tall ships by fixing planks to a frame so that the planks butt up against each other, edge to edge, gaining support from the frame and forming a smooth hull....
 construction, using larch
Larch

Larches are conifers in the genus Larix, in the family Pinaceae. They are native to much of the cooler temperate northern hemisphere, on lowlands in the far north, and high on mountains further south....
 planking on larch and oak
Oak

The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of about 400 species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus , which are listed in the List of Quercus species, and some related genera, notably Lithocarpus....
 frames.






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Reaper in Sail
Reaper is a restored historic Fifie
Fifie

The Fifie is a design of sailing boat developed on the east coast of Scotland. It was used by Scottish fishing from the 1850s until well into the 20th century....
 herring
Herring

Herring are small, oily fish of the genus Clupea found in the shallow, temperate waters of the North Pacific Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, including the Baltic Sea....
 drifter
Drift net

Drift netting is a fishing technique where Fishing net, called drift nets, are allowed to drift free in a sea or lake. Usually a drift net is a gill net with floats attached to a rope along the top of the net, and weights attached to another rope along the foot of the net....
 which is registered by the National Historic Ships Committee
National Historic Ships Committee

The National Historic Ships Committee is the co-ordinating body tasked with promoting the Cultural heritage of significant ships and vessels which reflect the United Kingdom maritime history....
 as part of the Core Collection of historic vessels in the UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, and currently operates as a museum ship
Museum ship

A museum ship, or sometimes memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public, for educational or memorial purposes....
.

History

Built by J. & G. Forbes of Sandhaven
Sandhaven

Sandhaven is a small fishing village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland that lies between Rosehearty and Fraserburgh. It is joined to the West to the even smaller village of Pitullie....
 in 1901, she is 21 metres long and of carvel
Carvel (boat building)

In boat building, carvel built or carvel planking is a method of constructing wooden boats and tall ships by fixing planks to a frame so that the planks butt up against each other, edge to edge, gaining support from the frame and forming a smooth hull....
 construction, using larch
Larch

Larches are conifers in the genus Larix, in the family Pinaceae. They are native to much of the cooler temperate northern hemisphere, on lowlands in the far north, and high on mountains further south....
 planking on larch and oak
Oak

The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of about 400 species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus , which are listed in the List of Quercus species, and some related genera, notably Lithocarpus....
 frames. First registered at Fraserburgh
Fraserburgh

Fraserburgh is a town in Aberdeenshire , Scotland with a population recorded in the United Kingdom Census 2001 at 12,454. It lies at the extreme northeast corner of Aberdeenshire, around north of Aberdeen, and north of Peterhead....
 in 1902, she operated initially as a sailing lugger
Lugger

A lugger is a type of small sailing vessel setting lugsails on two or more mast and perhaps lug topsails....
 with a main
Mast (sailing)

The mast of a sailing ship is a tall, vertical, or near vertical, spar, or arrangement of spars, which supports the sails. Large ships have several masts, with the size and configuration depending on the style of ship....
 dipping lugsail
Lugger

A lugger is a type of small sailing vessel setting lugsails on two or more mast and perhaps lug topsails....
 and a mizzen
Mast (sailing)

The mast of a sailing ship is a tall, vertical, or near vertical, spar, or arrangement of spars, which supports the sails. Large ships have several masts, with the size and configuration depending on the style of ship....
 standing lug sail. There would have been a crew of around eight to work the nets which were set at dusk
Dusk

Dusk is the beginning of darkness in the evening. It is often confused with sunset, which is the daily disappearance of the sun below the horizon....
 and hauled in at dawn
Dawn

Dawn is the twilight before sunrise. It is recognized by the presence of weak sunlight, while the sun itself is still below the horizon. Dawn should not be confused with sunrise, which is the moment when the leading edge of the sun itself appears above the horizon....
. Once the haul was complete, a swift return to port would ensure the best prices for the earliest-sold catches.

Reaper later spent many years in Shetland fishing for herring in the summer and she was fitted with an engine between the Wars. During World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
 she was requisitioned by the Admiralty
Admiralty

The Admiralty was formerly the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. Originally exercised by a single person, the office of Lord High Admiral was from the 18th century onward almost invariably put "in commission", and was exercised by a Board of Admiralty....
 and served in the southeast of England
England

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, often being used as a barrage balloon
Barrage balloon

A barrage balloon is a large moored balloon tethered with metal cables, used to defend against low-level attack by aircraft by damaging the aircraft on collision with the cables, or at least making the attacker's approach more difficult....
 mooring. After the war, she resumed fishing in Shetland and continued until 1957. From 1959 she served the local council as a general purpose cargo
Cargo

Cargo refers to goods or produce transported, generally for Commerce gain, by Cargo ship, Cargo airline, Train#Freight trains, van or truck. In modern times, containers are used in most intermodal freight transport long-haul cargo transport....
 boat until the introduction of the roll on-roll off ferries
RORO

Roll-on/roll-off ships are vessels designed to carry wheeled cargo such as automobiles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, Trailer or railroad cars that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels....
 when she was retired from service.

Reaper today

Reaper At Dunbar
Shore Street and the Reaper
Reaper was purchased by the Scottish Fisheries Museum
Scottish Fisheries Museum

The Scottish Fisheries Museum is an award-winning museum in Anstruther, Fife, that records the history of the Scotland Scottish fishing industry and its people from earliest times to the present day....
 in Anstruther
Anstruther

Anstruther is a small town in Fife, Scotland. The two Anstruthers are divided by a small stream called Dreel Burn. Anstruther lies 9 miles south-southeast of St Andrews....
, Fife
Fife

Fife is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire....
 in 1975 and restored to her traditional sailing configuration as a two-masted sailing lugger, much as she would have appeared when first going to sea in 1902. Renamed Reaper FR958, she is one of the last authentic survivors of this type of vessel, once plentiful on the east coast of Scotland
Scotland

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, and she holds the record catch for Shetland of 233 cran (almost 250,000 herrings).

She sails regularly in the summer months, and in 2001, with seven people aboard, she was the centre of an emergency off the coast of northeast England
England

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 when she began to take on water due to the failure of a bilge pump
Bilge pump

A bilge pump is a pump to remove bilge water.Because fuel can end up in the bilge, electric bilge pumps are designed not to cause sparks. Electric bilge pumps are often fitted with float switch which turn on the pump when the bilge fills to a set level....
. A rescue helicopter was scrambled from RAF Boulmer
RAF Boulmer

RAF Boulmer is a Royal Air Force station near Alnwick in Northumberland and is currently home to ASACS Force Command, Control and Reporting Centre Boulmer, the School of Fighter Control, No....
 in Northumberland
Northumberland

Northumberland is a Counties of England in the North East England of England. The non-metropolitan counties of England of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west, County Durham to the south and Tyne and Wear to the south east, as well as having a border with the Scottish Borders council area to the north, and nearly eighty miles of Nort...
 and a lifeboat
Lifeboat (rescue)

The meaning of lifeboat or motor lifeboat described in this article is that of 'a shore-based boat designed with special features for searching for, rescuing and saving the lives of people in peril at sea in inshore waters'....
 dispatched from Amble
Amble

Amble is a small town and seaport on the North Sea coast, in Northumberland, England. It lies at the mouth of the River Coquet, and the nearby Coquet Island, England is clearly visible from its beaches and harbour....
 transferred a new pump and escorted her to harbour for repairs. .

In 2003 she visited 14 ports around Britain, attracting 24,000 visitors; in 2005 she visited 12 ports around Britain, including a visit to the Festival of the Sea in Portsmouth
Portsmouth

Portsmouth city status in the United Kingdom located in the Counties of England of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is the UK's only island city and is located on Portsea Island....
, and attracted 20,000 visitors. When not sailing, the boat is berthed in Anstruther harbour opposite the fisheries museum.

General characteristics

  • Length overall: 21.43 metres (70.26 ft)
  • Beam 6.19 metres (20.38 ft)
  • Loaded draft: 2.62 metres (8.60 ft)
  • Gross tonnage: 61.30
  • Net tonnage: 29.04
  • Height of mizzen mast: 14.27 metres (46.82 ft)
  • Sail area (foresail): 144.7 sq. metres (1,557.5 sq ft)
  • Sail area (mizzen): 105.0 sq. metres (1,130.2 sq ft)


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