1884

Silvery Light, was built in 1884 on the beach at St Ives, Cornwall, by William Robert Williams.

For  years she worked as a fishing boat based  out of  Great Yarmouth as part of the fleet of boats drifting for herring in the North Sea 

1890

In 1890 she was sold to  Norwegian owners and renamed RAUST. At first she was used to fish for Cod but was later used as coastal freighter serving remote settlements in Northern Norway and the Arctic Circle

The photo (left)(with thanks to Bengt Jonassen) shows Silvery Light, then named Raust, working as a coaster delivering cargo, sand and gravel to communities in the fjords of Norway. As a boy, Bengt sailed  with his Grandfather who owned her at the time.

1931

In 1931 she was fitted with her first engine and in 1949 she was extensively modified.

1988

As bigger ships came along, like so many working sailing vessels, she was abandoned and  lay neglected In 1988 Mark Rolts shipwrights of Bristol re-rigged her and sailed her back to the UK. For many years she was engaged in Whale watching trips in the Azores and for a period was charterd by the Ocean Youth Trust Ireland