Eagle

Current boat name

Eagle

Boat class

7637

Function

Sports and Leisure

Type

Length (m / ft)

5.16 / 16ft 11in

Beam (m / ft)

1.46 / 4ft 9in

Leeward

Keel

Masts

One

Rig type

Lug

Propulsion

Oar/Sail

Designer

Traditional

Date of build

1881 c

Place of build

Lerwick, Shetland

Present use

Museum

EAGLE is a whillie or eela (a fourareen) built by Hay & Co of Lerwick, the largest boatbuilders in Shetland, about 1881. She was owned by the same family since she was built, spending her first 50 years in Whalsay and then Lerwick and Cunningsburgh. Always a family boat for receational fishing and pottering. A 4 hp Anzani outbourd was fitted after WW II. This was later sold and a 1.55 hp Seagull was used. November 2009 Significance : A whillie or eela (fourareen) that was once common as a sail/oared fishing boat in the Shetlands