[2] She retains many original features including teak decks, varnished woodwork and polished brass.
Initially, Brown Brothers continued Forth cruises, while concentrating on research work for ship stabilisers.
She tendered to the paddle steamer, ferrying passengers ashore at Ormidale in a recreation of the same sailing 40 years earlier.
[1][5] In summer 2018 it was reported that the venerable vessel had been sold by Clyde Marine Services to a billionaire businessman who intended to utilise her as a tender to his racing yachts in France as well as the United States[6] and she was moved to Plymouth for a refit.
However, late in 2019 she was acquired by a preservation group with substantial funding from former owner Hamish Munro and returned to Fairlie on the Firth of Clyde.