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The Boats That Built Britain

Episode 4: The Reaper

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four

Sailor and writer Tom Cunliffe sails the Reaper, the biggest sailing lugger ever to fish the seas and capable of pulling in ten tonnes of herring in a single haul. Show more

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