The shallow shape of her hull is typical of barges built by John Howard, of Maldon.

She travelled with her mainsail furled to a special series of reef points, from Essex and Suffolk to London, then returned with horse manure for the farms.

In 1947 the owners sold her original name, Ready to Trinity House for use on a new lightship tender and she was renamed Mirosa.

In 1955 she was sold to Brown and Son, of Chelmsford, and de-rigged for use as a timber lighter in the Heybridge Basin.

The coasters importing timber anchored off Osea Island, being too large to enter the lock.

She was sold in 1967 to Alan Walker who used her as a live-in barge, but also raced with her, with Jimmy Diddams as skipper.