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The crew of the Burra Boat Venture haul down their nets at Lerwick. From the left: Joe Laurenson, John J. Laurenson, John Cumming, Albert Sinclair, Alec Malcolmon, Joe Irvine, and Drewy Pottinger. During their career in Shetland, from 1958 to 1988, she won the binoculars for the best gross in her first season and the Bertie Robertson Trophy for the best catch of herring in 1961 and 1964.
Photograph courtesy of Dennis Coutts
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