The build team involved participants of FAS community and unemployment schemes working with a core group of experienced shipwrights .

The Trust refurbished a derelict dry dock for the build Due to a funding pause the final fit-out including production of the standing and running rigging deckhouse, interior, electrics and plumbing was done by the German company navcon.naval consulting GmbH.

The ship was converted to a Lloyd's Register approved passenger sailing vessel in 2006 by the German company Neptun Peenemuende GmbH.

For this two main engines, a bowthruster, watertight bulkheads and a modern navigation system were added.

There is also a large database, compiled in collaboration with the Balch Institute, of emigrants who sailed from England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales in the 19th century.