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Tom Cunliffe sails the Reaper, the biggest sailing lugger ever to fish the seas.

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.

The Reaper is the biggest sailing lugger ever to fish the seas. Seventy feet long and capable of pulling in ten tonnes of herring in a single haul, the Reaper was an awesome beast that fed Britain at a time when she needed it most. 

Sailor and writer Tom Cunliffe sails her for himself and finds out just how this giant of the seas came about.

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Sailor and writer Tom Cunliffe takes a voyage through the history of British seafaring

Sailor and writer Tom Cunliffe takes a voyage through the history of British seafaring and puts some of the vessels featured in the programme through their paces

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