For me personally the ‘Big Saba’ project is all about fulfilling dreams. As a schoolboy I doodled with drawings of boats – more like little ships really. Then one day I saw my schoolboy dream, there as I had drawn her, “For Sale” when I wasn’t even shopping; the ideal little ship in every detail save for the odd few hundred grand she needed to restore her to past glory.

Every little detail is important. We need to know that it will work. We need to be sure it will look and feel right. We need to be confident that when it is finished the yard will want to be as proud of her as the owner.

'Big Saba’ is a success because Tommi, Sarah, Nigel, Mark and all the men who worked on her feel justly proud of every aspect of their supreme craftsmanship. In their minds they not only owe it to the owner but to the very soul of the boat they have rebuilt.