Silver Crest

had landed    few crans of herring by the looks of the photograph, and their enogh timber 2 build few boat on the pier.

80 or 90 cran there Willie

Still think these 73-75 footers out of Sandhaven in the 50s were among the bonniest models you could clap eyes on!!

I agree with you there Geebee , the only othe build I liked were the Irvines 78-80 ft

Shes a real bonnie boat the grained wheelhouse and the red bouys in the cage fairly set her off, the boys landing herring would not have dreamed that in 40 years the change in the herring fishing .a handful of ships landing herring by the thousand ton no by the cran.

Another brilliant photo by the skipper's nephew, Peter Watt.  An early morning shot, taken I would guess from the "Tarry Pier," ie, the present North Pier of Fraserburgh harbour. The "Silver Crest" lying alongside the "ootside" o' the "Lifeboat Jetty," the catch landed. The tins(six to a cran), stacked on the pier. the cover over them, ready for the eight o' clock sale. At a guess, seventy, at the very least, crans. Her skipper, Abbie "Saugh," was an outstanding "fisherman," ie "fisherman" in the sense of a skipper who could consistently catch good shots of herring.
I cannot help wondering, given a drifter with a fleet of nets, and with no other fishfinding equipment apart from an echosounder, how many of the present generation of Pelagic skippers, would  fare today.