The wooden hull of Kerrawyn was built in 1948/1949 in Cygnet. It was then towed to Dunalley to have the deck put on and a fit out for the Young family. They owned and crayfished her for more than 30 years, before they sold her to Tony Purdon, of Strahan, in the early 1980s. The Purdon family used her mostly for shark fishing.

In 2014, David and Anastasia became the custodians of Kerrawyn and began the large task of transforming her from fishing boat into the comfortable cruiser you see today……