A fishing boat which carried the Honest Lad and Honest Lass out to sea at the Musselburgh Festival's harbour ceremony on Sunday suffered £10,000 worth of vandalism the previous night.
The Fairnies had travelled from Port Seton to Musselburgh to take part in the ceremony when it was vandalised in the early hours of Sunday morning.
About £10,000 worth of damage was caused to the radar, navigation system, floodlights and aerials of the ten-metre-long vessel.
The boat is owned by the Fairnie family with skipper David Fairnie able to carry out enough repairs to get the boat moving for the ceremony.
Jennifer Fairnie, David's mum, told the Courier: "It is quite horrible what happened.
"There is probably about £10,000 worth of damage caused.
"Thankfully David managed to do enough to get it able to go out on Sunday, but there is a lot of work needing done.
"The harbour has CCTV and police are looking into that, and we believe there is one witness who saw something.
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"The boat regularly visits Fisherrow and it is sad to have seen the damage that has been cause by what we think is one person."
Honest Lad Aidan McLaren and Honest Lass Ellen Brown were pictured on the boat on Sunday as it left the harbour to take part in the ceremony.
A spokesperson for Fisherrow Harbour and Seafront Association said: "I can confirm there was a vandalism to a vessel in Fisherrow Harbour last Sunday morning, and FHSA are supporting Police Scotland with their investigation."
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Police were made aware of the vandalism at about 10.30am on Sunday and enquiries are ongoing.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 10.50am on Sunday, July 30 we received a report that a boat had been damaged at Fisherrow Harbour in Musselburgh.
“Enquiries are at an early stage and ongoing. Anyone with any information is asked to contact 101 quoting reference 1400 of 30 July, 2023.”
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