Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring

aka The Herripedia

Tagged Lugsail ...

BALDIE

On the C19th Scottish origins and naming of the herring drifter known as the Baldie, including a photograph of two at Pittenweem

LUGGER

A description of the boat which replaced the herring buss and increased the alternative income opportunities for fishermen

ZULU

A compromise between the Fifie and the Scaffie, a boat with a popular design which didn't adapt well to the introduction of steam

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