The estimated $215,000 cost of total refit has been significantly reduced as a result of both generous donations and a substantial amount of volunteer labour – of which the total value of this labour is hard to quantify.
| Donor | Item | Approx Value to replace |
| Justin Stewart | Ship’s Steering Wheel, needs restoring | $300 |
| _ | Many wooden blocks, need restoring | $1,000 |
| Paul Walden | Kauri planks 6 of 200 x 30 x 1.4 | 300 |
| _ | Yacht rudder, ss tanks, gas stove | 400 |
| Bruce Irnie | Trailor load of kauri, lignum vitae | 1000 |
| Syd Vingoe | Coil of 10cm poly prope rope | 90 |
| Tom & Joe Foster-Christie | 4 plastic water tanks | 1600 |
| Brent & Monique Thom | 12 trees, cypruss leylandia, for spars | 1000 |
| Pete Neilson | Steering drumb and shaft | 200 |
| Graham McLiech | 2 pigs of led | 30 |
| Kara Nelson | Boat Hook | 40 |
| Robert Wyn | 120m of 90×19 blackbutt desking, used | 600 |
| Island Tree Care | 4 x Pohutakawa crooks | 80 |
| Altex Paints | Paint at half price | 500 |
| Waiheke Boating Club | free hard stand, inside tend | 1400 |
| Placemakers | Trade discount | 475 |
| Timberworld | Trade discount | 142.1 |
| Total | _ | 9,157 |