The result was a very sturdy hull. She was completed with a large cockpit aft, an enclosed wheelhouse, plus some basic accommodation in a forward cabin. A three cylinder air cooled Lister diesel engine, much loved by the local fishermen provided her motive power.

Don passed away a few years ago now, but she found a good friend in her next owner David Blythe. The boat has meant enough to him to see her through what has been an extensive and complicated repair programme. David brought her to Dolphin Quay because her starboard side above the waterline had been badly affected by dry rot. Complete repair meant the scarphing in of new sections of timber to both layers of mahogany, the beam shelf deck and many of the steamed timbers.