Two old restored "fifies", now with a second career as sail-training vessels, sail in a stiff breeze south of the cliffs of Bressay in Shetland.  The Lerwick-registered "Swan" was built in 1900 at Lerwick, and underwent an extensive restoration process in the late 1980s and early 1990s.  She carries a fore-and-aft rig, in contrast to the slightly newer Fraserburgh-registered "Reaper", which is lug-rigged.

The painting is 22 x 24 inches in size, and is in oils on hardboard.  It was bought from the exhibition at Catterline in early 2008.