"Site clearing and fencing by volunteers is proceeding," Jon Gaul of the Wanderer Replica Project executive committee said.

"Soon we'll have a mast there to fly Ben Boyd's house flag during volunteer work sessions on site," he said.

Built at Cowes in 1837, Ben Boyd's original Wanderer was a 140-tonne topsail schooner, approximately 90 foot overall with a 14 foot draft and 13 guns.