Archive of: Reaper

We are launching an appeal to support essential winter maintenance for our flagship historic sailing Fifie, the ‘Reaper’. Five years on from a major conservation project, the striking traditional vessel needs a full service to keep her in tip-top condition.

Members of the Scottish Fisheries Museum Boats Club sailed the White Wing up the east coast to attend the Traditional Boat Festival at Portsoy

Modern boatbuilding techniques ensure that the last of the great first-class scottish herring luggers will sail again.

At last night’s ceremony, the Scottish Fisheries Museum was awarded the prestigious national prize in honour of NHS-UK’s late Director, Martyn Heighton for our three-phase conservation of the historic fishing boat, the Reaper.

Preserving the wood and the appearance of the museum’s flagship vessel, Reaper, is a top priority for the Boats Club.

Nick reflects on strategies to protect the Reaper against the elements during these times of lockdown and beyond.

Reaper restoration continues at Rosyth and you can be a part of the story by joining our crowd-funding appeal

Planning for the long-term major refit of REAPER, the iconic flagship of the Scottish Fisheries Museum, began in early 2015 with the aim of keeping her safe and seaworthy for another 30 years, but a series of events has meant that it was only in autumn 2017 that the refit could begin.

An important step forward in the planned refit of Reaper, the Museum’s 1903 Fifie Herring Drifter, was made on Friday 5th August 2017 when Fiona Hyslop MSP, the Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs came aboard Reaper to announce that the Scottish Government have awarded the Museum a grant of £500,000 to enable the refit of the boat to go ahead.