After a pleasant lunch at the Last Anchor recently (researching for the forthcoming new edition of the Wiley Nautical Cruising Companion East Coast Rivers) we took a stroll around the Ipswich Yacht Haven Marina where our eyes were soon drawn to a dilapidated but beautiful looking yacht laid up in the yard. She looked as if she had seen better days and her name, Marabu, seemed familiar, so when we got home we looked her up in an old edition of Lloyds Register of Yachts.