The Sail Fishermen of Shetland |
 | Author: A. Halcrow
Publisher: Shetland Times Ltd
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 188
ISBN: 0900662980
EAN: 9780900662980
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This is a reprint of a work first published in 1950. It appeared as a tribute to the hard lives led by the fishermen who worked under sail in Britain's most northerly isles. The culmination of the sail fishing boat was the large "Fifie" or "Zulu", but these were rapidly overtaken by steam drifters in the early years of the 20th century. A recent resurgence of interest in maritime heritage has resulted in the last of Shetland's sailing drifters being brought back and restored on Shetland by the Swan Trust. The royalties from publication of this edition are to be paid to this trust.
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